PBDB Collection

Capo Mannu D1 LF (local fauna) (Pliocene of Italy)

Where: Sardinia, Italy (40.0° N, 8.4° E: paleocoordinates 40.4° N, 7.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: MN16 mammal zone, D4 Member (Capo Mannu dune complex Formation), Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: dune; sandstone

• Dune unit

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: Earth Sciences Department of University of Cagliari, G. Pecorini collection

Primary reference: M. Delfino, S. Bailon, and G. Pitruzzella. 2011. The Late Pliocene amphibians and reptiles from “Capo Mannu D1 Local Fauna” (Mandriola, Sardinia, Italy). Geodiversitas 33(2):357-382 [J. Head/G. Varnham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 230767: authorized by Jason Head, entered by Grace Varnham on 20.07.2023

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	cf. Ichthyosaura sp. cf. Ichthyosaura sp. Trunk vertebra: 3
Reptilia
Serpentes -	Serpentes indet. Serpentes indet. snake Vertebra: 48; cloacal verte- bra: 1; caudal vertebra: 9 (including a fused caudal tip); rib: 24.
Squamata - Boidae	Eryx cf. jaculus Eryx cf. jaculus true sand boa Cervical vertebra: 1; trunk vertebra: 9; caudal vertebra: 2.
Squamata - Crotalidae	Vipera sp. Vipera sp. Laurenti 1768 pit viper Tooth: 1; trunk vertebra: 2.
Squamata - Colubridae	Colubridae indet., Natrix sp. Colubridae indet. Oppel 1811 colubrid snake Maxilla: 1 fragment; trunk vertebra: 21 Natrix sp. Laurenti 1768 water snake Trunk vertebra: 1
Squamata -	Amphisbaenia indet. Amphisbaenia indet. worm lizard Trunk vertebra: 16; caudal vertebra: 1
Squamata - Anguidae	Dopasia sp. Dopasia sp. Gray 1853 squamates Maxilla: 2 ; pterygoid: 2; frontal: 2; parietal: 1 ; dentary: 1 ; cervical vertebra: 1; trunk vertebra: 30 ; caudal vertebra: 33 ; rib: 11; osteoderm: 5.
Squamata -	Lacertilia indet. Lacertilia indet. Owen 1842 lizard Maxilla: 5; dentary: 8; tooth bearing bone: 5; coronoid: 1; jugal: 1; articular: 1; scapu- locoracoid: 2; humerus: 7; femur: 7; tibia: 1; vertebra: 42; ribs: 5
Squamata - Gekkonidae	Gekkonidae indet. Gekkonidae indet. Gray 1825 gecko Maxilla: 1; ilium: 1; trunk vertebra: 3.
Squamata - Lacertidae	Lacertidae indet., Lacerta cf. viridis Lacertidae indet. Bonaparte 1831 squamates Fragmentary left dentary: 1 Lacerta cf. viridis Laurenti 1768 European green lizard Tooth bearing bone: 4; hu- merus: 1; trunk vertebra: 1; caudal vertebra: 5; rib: 1; ungual phalanx: 6.
Amphibia
Caudata - Urodela	Salamandrina sp. Salamandrina sp. Fitzinger 1826 spectacled salamander Occipito-otic unit: 3; precaudal vertebra: 16; caudal vertebra: 4
Salientia -	Anura indet. Anura indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1813 frog Maxilla: 4; squamosal: 1; pterygoid: 2; mandible: 3; scapula: 1; clavicula: 1, cora- coid: 1; humerus: 8; radioulna: 9; ilium: 5; ischium: 3; femur: 4; tibiofibula: 8; vertebra: 21; sacral vertebra: 3; urostyle: 1; indet.: 26.
Salientia - Discoglossidae	Discoglossus sp. Discoglossus sp. Otth 1837 painted frog Humerus: 3; ilium: 6; femur: 1; atlas: 1; trunk vertebra: 15; urostlye: 1; rib: 2.
Salientia - Hylidae	Hyla cf. arborea Hyla cf. arborea Linnaeus 1758 tree frog Mandible: 1; scapula: 3; hu- merus: 2; ilium: 8; femur: 2; trunk vertebra: 3; sacral vertebra: 1; urostyle: 2
Salientia - Bufonidae	cf. Bufo cf. viridis cf. Bufo cf. viridis Laurenti 1768 European green toad Ilium: 1; femur: 2.