Cervidea and Moschidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from the Baccinello V-3 assemblage (Late Miocene, Late Turolian, Grosseto, Italy)

Cervids and a moschid coming from various sires in the Baccinello-Cinigiano basin (Grosseto, Tuscany, Central Italy) are described. These remains have been recovered from levels correlatable with the horizon where the faunal assemblage known as V3 has been found. In the sedimentary succession within the Baccinelio-Cinigiano basin, five successive faunal associations have b een recognised. These assemblages document phases of population spanning th e Late Miocene-Early Pliocene. The oldest assemblage, termed V0, is correla ted with the MN11 "zone" (early Turolian), V1 and V2 assemblages with the M N12 "zone" (late Turolian), and V3 with the MN13 "zone" (late Turolian). Se diments bearing V3 assemblage are unconformably overlain by Lower Pliocene deposits containing remains of mammals referred to the early Villafranchian MN16a "zone". The cervid material studied here is referred to three taxa, Paracervulus cf . australis, Procapreolus cf. loczyi, Cervidae indet., and to a new represe ntative of the family Moschidae Tuscomeryx huerzeleri (nov. gen., nov. sp.) . Because of the occurrence of genus Paracervulus, the assemblage can be re ferred to a phase transitional between the Turolian and Ruscinian Mammal Ag es of the biochronological continental scale.