Also known as VII 2
Where: Sardinia, Italy (40.4° N, 9.7° E: paleocoordinates 40.4° N, 9.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• Late Pleistocene. A new faunal complex subdivided into primitive (earlier) 'Praemegaceros-Tyrrhenicola' complex and a later one. This is the later and comprises VI Banco 6 and XII Quarry 2.
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 51553: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 08.06.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Reptilia | |
Podarcis sp. Wagler 1830 Wall lizards | |
Serpentes indet. snake | |
Natrix sp. Laurenti 1768 water snake | |
Coturnix coturnix Linnaeus 1758 common quail | |
Aves | |
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird | |
Aquila sp. Linnaeus 1758 eagle | |
Passeriformes indet. Linnaeus 1758 perching bird | |
Corvidae indet. Vigors 1825 perching bird
Pyrrhocorax sp. Tunstall 1771 chough | |
Sturnus sp. Linnaeus 1756 starling | |
"Carduelis chloris" = Chloris chloris
"Carduelis chloris" = Chloris chloris Linnaeus 1758 European greenfinch | |
Bubo cf. insularis Mourer-Chauvire and Weesie 1986 eagle-owl | |
Reptilia | |
Sauria indet. diapsid | |
"Chelonii indet." = Testudines
"Chelonii indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle | |
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 sardous Studiati 1857 canid | |
Praemegaceros cazioti Deperet 1897 deer | |
Nesiotites "sp. 2" Bate 1945 shrew | |
Amphibia | |
Anura indet. frog | |
Bufo viridis Laurenti 1768 European green toad |