Also known as VI 3
Where: Sardinia, Italy (40.4° N, 9.7° 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
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Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
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Mammalia | |
Talpa tyrrhenica Bate 1945 mole | |
Nesiotites "sp. 1" Bate 1945 shrew | |
Pannonictis sp. Kormos 1931 mustelid carnivore
cf. Mustela putorius Linnaeus 1758 European polecat | |
Sus cf. sondaari pig
Sus sp. Linnaeus 1758 pig | |
Caprinae sp. n. gen. n. sp., Caprinae indet. n. gen. n. sp.
Caprinae sp. n. gen. n. sp. Gray 1821 antelope | |
Macaca cf. majori macaque | |
Tyrrhenoglis cf. figariensis Zammit et al. 1982 dormouse | |
Rhagapodemus minor mouse | |
Oryctolagus aff. lacosti rabbit | |
Prolagus cf. sardus Wagner 1829 pika | |
Reptilia | |
Serpentes indet. snake | |
Vipera sp. Laurenti 1768 pit viper | |
Lacerta sp. Linnaeus 1758 squamates | |
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Gekkonidae indet. Gray 1825 gecko | |
Amphisbaenia indet. Gray 1844 worm lizard | |
Sauria indet. diapsid | |
Aves | |
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird | |
Athene sp. Scopoli 1769 true owl | |
Rallidae "sp. 1" Vigors 1825 rail
Rallidae "sp. 2" Vigors 1825 rail | |
Anatidae indet. Vigors 1825 waterfowl | |
Accipitridae indet. Viellot 1816 hawk
Aquila indet. Linnaeus 1758 eagle | |
Amphibia | |
Anura indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1813 frog |