Monte di Tuda (Holocene of France)

Where: Corse, France (42.6° N, 9.4° E: paleocoordinates 42.6° N, 9.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J.-D. Vigne, S. Bailon, and J. Cuisin. 1997. Biostratigraphy of amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals in Corsica and the role of man in the Holocene faunal turnover. Anthropozoological 25-26:587-604 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 215378: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 10.11.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Reptilia
 Squamata - Lacertidae
Archaeolacerta bedriagae Camerano 1885 Bedriaga's rock lizard
Podarcis tiliguerta Gmelin 1789 Wall lizards
 Squamata - Colubridae
Natrix natrix Linnaeus 1758 water snake
 Squamata - Gekkonidae
Gekkonidae indet. Gray 1825 gecko
Aves
 Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Aquila chrysaetos Linnaeus 1758 golden eagle
 Galliformes - Phasianidae
Coturnix coturnix Linnaeus 1758 common quail
 Piciformes - Picidae
Jynx torquilla Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian wryneck
 Caprimulgiformes - Apodidae
Apus apus Linnaeus 1758 common swift
 Passeriformes - Alaudidae
Alauda arvensis Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian skylark
 Passeriformes - Emberizidae
Emberiza cf. cirlus old world bunting
 Passeriformes - Motacillidae
Anthus spinoletta Linnaeus 1758 water pipit
Motacilla cf. alba Linnaeus 1758 white wagtail
 Passeriformes - Sturnidae
Sturnus sp. Linnaeus 1756 starling
 Passeriformes - Muscicapidae
Erithacus rubecula Linnaeus 1758 European robin
Saxicola cf. rubetra Linnaeus 1758 whinchat
Luscinia megarhynchos Brehm 1831 common nightingale
Oenanthe oenanthe Linnaeus 1758 northern wheatear
Muscicapa striata Pallas 1764 spotted flycatcher
 Passeriformes - Acrocephalidae
Acrocephalus ? arundinaceus Linnaeus 1758 reed warbler
 Passeriformes - Passeridae
Petronia petronia Linnaeus 1766 rock petronia
Passer domesticus Linnaeus 1758 house sparrow
Passer gr. domesticus
 Passeriformes - Laniidae
Lanius excubitor Linnaeus 1758 great gray shrike
/minor
 Passeriformes - Sylviidae
Regulus sp. Cuvier 1800 perching bird
Sylvia ? hortensis perching bird
Sylvia atricapilla Linnaeus 1758 perching bird
 Passeriformes - Fringillidae
Carduelis carduelis Linnaeus 1758 European goldfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustes Linnaeus 1758 hawfinch
Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus 1758 common chaffinch
/montifringilla
"Carduelis chloris" = Chloris chloris Linnaeus 1758 European greenfinch
 Passeriformes - Turdidae
Turdus cf. philomelos Brehm 1831 song thrush
Turdus viscivorus Linnaeus 1758 mistle thrush
 Passeriformes - Corvidae
Corvus corone Linnaeus 1758 carrion crow
Corvus monedula Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian jackdaw
Pyrrhocorax graculus Linnaeus 1766 yellow-billed chough
 Passeriformes - Paridae
"Parus ater" = Periparus ater Linnaeus 1758 coal tit
Parus cf. major Linnaeus 1758 great tit
 Bucerotiformes - Upupidae
Upupa epops Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian hoopoe
 Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
Calidris canutus Linnaeus 1758 red knot
Mammalia
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Prolagus sardus Wagner 1829 pika
 Rodentia - Muridae
Rhagamys orthodon Hensel 1856 mouse
Rattus rattus Linnaeus 1758 black rat
Mus musculus Linnaeus 1758 house mouse
Mus musculus subspecies domesticus
"Apodemus sylvaticus" = Mus sylvaticus Linnaeus 1758 wood mouse
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
"Tyrrhenicola henseli" = Microtus (Tyrrhenicola) henseli
"Tyrrhenicola henseli" = Microtus (Tyrrhenicola) henseli F. Major 1905 vole
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Eliomys quercinus Linnaeus 1766 garden doormouse
Glis glis Linnaeus 1766 edible doormouse
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Crocidura suaveolens Pallas 1811 white-toothed shrew
Suncus etruscus Savi 1822 white-toothed shrew
Episoriculus corsicanus Bate 1944 red-toothed shrew
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Erinaceus europaeus Linnaeus 1758 hedgehog
Amphibia
 Salientia - Discoglossidae
Discoglossus sp. Otth 1837 painted frog
Discoglossus sardus Tschudi 1837 Sardinia painted frog
 Salientia - Bufonidae
Bufo viridis Laurenti 1768 European green toad
 Salientia - Hylidae
Hyla sarda tree frog
Hyla (arborea) sarda
 Salientia - Ranidae
Rana esculenta frog
Rana kl. esculenta