Also known as X 3 uccelli
Where: Sardinia, Italy (40.4° N, 9.7° E: paleocoordinates 40.4° N, 9.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Calabrian to Calabrian (1.8 - 0.1 Ma)
• Latest Early Pleistocene/ Early Middle Pleistocene. A new faunal complex, with ancestral species prior to the classic 'Praemegaceros-Tyrrhenicola' complex and only represented by two sites - X3 Uccelli and X mele.
Environment/lithology: fissure fill; siliciclastic sediments
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 51482: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 06.06.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Aves | |
Passeriformes indet. Linnaeus 1758 perching bird | |
"Carduelis chloris" = Chloris chloris
"Carduelis chloris" = Chloris chloris Linnaeus 1758 European greenfinch | |
Melanocorypha cf. calandra Linnaeus 1766 calandra lark
Alauda cf. arvensis Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian skylark | |
Mammalia | |
Pannonictis sp. Kormos 1931 mustelid carnivore | |
? Cynotherium sp. Studiati 1857 canid | |
Caprinae indet. Gray 1821 antelope | |
Nesiotites "sp. 1" Bate 1945 shrew | |
Talpa tyrrhenica Bate 1945 mole | |
Rhagapodemus minor mouse | |
"Tyrrhenicola sp. n. sp." = Microtus (Tyrrhenicola)
"Tyrrhenicola sp. n. sp." = Microtus (Tyrrhenicola) Forsyth Major 1905 vole | |
Prolagus cf. sardus Wagner 1829 pika | |
Oryctolagus aff. lacosti rabbit | |
Macaca cf. majori macaque | |
Actinopteri | |
Gadidae indet. Rafinesque 1810 | |
Serranus scriba Linnaeus 1758 perch-like fish | |
Pisces | |
""Pisces" indet." = Osteichthyes
""Pisces" indet." = Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 bony fish |