Sardinia, Monte Tuttavista fissure fi llings X4, IVm, and VIIbs (Pleistocene of Italy)

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

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Sardolagus obscurus n. gen. n. sp.
Sardolagus obscurus n. gen. n. sp. Angelone et al. 2018 rabbit