Also known as VI 3
Where: Sardinia, Italy (40.4° N, 9.7° E: paleocoordinates 40.5° N, 8.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Pliocene to Pliocene (5.3 - 0.0 Ma)
• Probably Early Pleistocene, within the localities this is known as the 'nesogoral complex', and cosnsistes of VI 3, X ghiro, VII, VII blocco strada and VII mustelide. However, an earlier, Late Pliocene date cannot be ruled out.
Environment/lithology: fissure fill
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
• Specimens are held at the Operating Office of the Soprintendenza per Beni Archeologici in Nuoro and in the Archaeological Museum of Nuoro.
•Localities found in 1995, this paper (ref. 13691) reports on work from 1996-2003.
Primary reference: L. Abbazzi, C. Angelone, M. Arca, G. Barisone, C. Bedetti, M. Delfino, T. Kotsakis, F. Marcolini, M. R. Palombo, M. Pavia, P. Piras, L. Rook, D. Torre, C. Tuveri, A. M. F. Valli and B. Wilkens. 2004. Plio-Pleistocene fossil vertebrates of Monte Tuttavista (Orosei, Eastern Sardinia, Italy), an overview. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 110(3):681-706 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 51478: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 06.06.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
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Mammalia | |
Macaca cf. majori macaque | |
Prolagus cf. sardus Wagner 1829 pika | |
Oryctolagus aff. lacosti rabbit | |
Rhagapodemus minor mouse | |
Tyrrhenoglis cf. figariensis Zammit et al. 1982 dormouse | |
cf. Mustela putorius Linnaeus 1758 European polecat
Pannonictis sp. Kormos 1931 mustelid carnivore | |
Caprinae sp. n. gen. n. sp., Caprinae indet. n. gen. n. sp.
Caprinae sp. n. gen. n. sp. Gray 1821 antelope | |
Sus cf. sondaari pig
Sus sp. Linnaeus 1758 pig | |
Talpa tyrrhenica Bate 1945 mole | |
Nesiotites "sp. 1" Bate 1945 shrew | |
Reptilia | |
Serpentes indet. snake | |
Vipera sp. Laurenti 1768 pit viper | |
Amphisbaenia indet. Gray 1844 worm lizard | |
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Gekkonidae indet. Gray 1825 gecko | |
Lacerta sp. Linnaeus 1758 squamates | |
Sauria indet. diapsid | |
Aves | |
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird | |
Accipitridae indet. Viellot 1816 hawk
Aquila indet. Linnaeus 1758 eagle | |
Anatidae indet. Vigors 1825 waterfowl | |
Athene sp. Scopoli 1769 true owl | |
Rallidae "sp. 1" Vigors 1825 rail
Rallidae "sp. 2" Vigors 1825 rail | |
Amphibia | |
Anura indet. frog |