Sardinia Insular Carnvivores (Pleistocene to of Italy)
Where: Italy (40.1° N, 9.1° E: paleocoordinates 40.2° N, 8.5° E)
When: Early/Lower Pleistocene to Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: G. A. Lyras, A. A. E. van der Geer, and L. Rook. 2010. Body size of insular carnivores: evidence from the fossil record. Journal of Biogeography 37(6):1007-2021 [M. Uhen/A. Levy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 215273: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Andrew Levy on 05.11.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
Algarolutra majori, Megalenhydris barbaricina, Sardolutra ichnusae, Pannonictis sp., Enhydrictis galictoides
Algarolutra majori Malatesta 1978 otter
Megalenhydris barbaricina Willemsen and Malatesta 1987 otter
Sardolutra ichnusae Malatesta 1977 otter
Pannonictis sp. Kormos 1931 mustelid carnivore
Enhydrictis galictoides Forsyth-Major 1901 mustelid carnivore | |
Chasmaporthetes melei hyaena | |
Cynotherium sardous Studiati 1857 canid |