Also known as X Ghiro

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 51479: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 06.06.2005

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