Fissure 11, Antilope Quarry, Monte Tuttavista, Orosei, Sardinia (Pleistocene of Italy)

Also known as XI antilope

Where: Sardinia, Italy (40.4° N, 9.7° E: paleocoordinates 40.4° N, 8.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• Probably Late Early Pleistocene.

Environment/lithology: fissure fill

• Monte Tuttavista is 836m a.s.l. and is formed of Mesozoic limestones. Dissolution has formed a network of fissures, which are mainly narrow and coincident with fracture lineaments.
• Fissures contain various detrital sediments ranging from fossil breccias to dark clays. Different depositional events can be distinguished in some of the larger fissures/cavities.

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 51480: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 06.06.2005

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Nesogoral aff. melonii
Nesogoral aff. melonii
Nesogoral sp. 1 aff. N. melonii
Mammalia
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Oryctolagus aff. lacosti
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Prolagus cf. sardus
Prolagus cf. sardus Wagner 1829 pika