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

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
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
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
 Carnivora - Canidae
Cynotherium sardous Studiati 1857 canid