Also known as XI canide
Where: Sardinia, Italy (40.4° N, 9.7° E: paleocoordinates 40.4° N, 9.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Middle Pleistocene to Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.0 Ma)
• Middle-Late Pleistocene. A new faunal complex subdivided into primitive (earlier) 'Praemegaceros-Tyrrhenicola' complex and a later one. This is the earlier and comprises the following fissures - XI canide, XI dic.2001, XI Mar 2002, XI 3, XI rondone. IX Prolagus, XI 3, IV 5 and IV 20 appear to form a slightly earlier subgroup.
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 51483: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 06.06.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Reptilia | |
Gekkonidae indet. Gray 1825 gecko | |
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Podarcis sp. Wagler 1830 Wall lizards
Lacerta sp. Linnaeus 1758 squamates | |
Serpentes indet. snake | |
Natrix sp. Laurenti 1768 water snake | |
Aves | |
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird | |
Accipitridae indet. Viellot 1816 hawk | |
Passeriformes indet. Linnaeus 1758 perching bird | |
Pyrrhocorax sp. Tunstall 1771 chough | |
Strigidae indet. Vigors 1825 true owl
Bubo cf. insularis Mourer-Chauvire and Weesie 1986 eagle-owl | |
Reptilia | |
Sauria indet. diapsid | |
Mammalia | |
Rhagamys orthodon Hensel 1856 mouse | |
"Tyrrhenicola henseli" = Microtus (Tyrrhenicola) henseli
"Tyrrhenicola henseli" = Microtus (Tyrrhenicola) henseli F. Major 1905 vole | |
Prolagus cf. sardus Wagner 1829 pika | |
Cynotherium sp. Studiati 1857 canid | |
Praemegaceros sp. Portis 1920 deer | |
Nesiotites "sp. 2" Bate 1945 shrew | |
Amphibia | |
Anura indet. frog | |
Discoglossus sardus Tschudi 1837 Sardinia painted frog |