Where: Nuoro, Italy (40.4° N, 9.7° E: paleocoordinates 40.4° N, 8.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)
• MN17-MQ1, Capo Figari/Orosei 1 FSC of the Nesogoral FC and Orosei 2 FSC of the Microtus (Tyrrhenicola) FC
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: C. Angelone, S. Čermák, B. Moncunill-Solé, J. Quintana, C. Tuveri, M. Arca, and T. Kotsakis. 2018. Systematics and paleobiogeography of Sardolagus obscurus n. gen. n. sp. (Leporidae, Lagomorpha) from the early Pleistocene of Sardinia. Journal of Paleontology 92(3):506-522 [M. Uhen/R. Yoder/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 196361: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Richard Yoder on 10.09.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Sardolagus obscurus n. gen. n. sp.
Sardolagus obscurus n. gen. n. sp. Angelone et al. 2018 rabbit |