Preliminary data on the micro- and macromammal remains from Casa Sgherri, Lower Valdarno (Tuscany, Italy)

Preliminary data on a new mammal bearing deposit of Lower Valdarno (on the right-hand side of the Arno River) are presented here. Macromammals include: Macaca sylavana florentina, Enhydrictis ardea, Acinonyx pardinensis, Sus srozzii, Pseudodama sp., Capreolus sp., and Leptobos sp. The micromammals are represented by: Glis ap., Mimomys pitymyoides, Mimomys cf. M. pusillus, Mimomys sp. 1, Mimomys sp. 2, Apodemus dominans, Hystrix refossa, and Oryctolagus cf. O. lacosti. The assemblage is referable to the Middle or early Late Villafranchian and is therefore attributed to the Costa S. Giacomo or Olivola Faunal Units. This attribution confirms the most recent interpretationsof the basin between Monti Pisani and Monte Albano, considering the basal portion of the fluvial deposits of the Masserella Unit as Late Pliocene.