Monte San Giovanni (Pleistocene to of Italy)

Also known as Iglesiente

Where: Sardi, Italy (39.3° N, 8.5° E: paleocoordinates 39.3° N, 8.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Middle Pleistocene to Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.0 Ma)

• The recognised micromammals indicate a Middle–Late Pleistocene age, however, an older age cannot be excluded.

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: D. Zoboli, G. L. Georgalis, M. Arca, C. Tuveri, S. Carboni, L. Lecca, G. L. Pillola, L. Rook, M. Villani, F. Chesi, and M. Delfino. 2022. An overview of the fossil turtles from Sardinia (Italy). Historical Biology 1-30 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 226835: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 01.08.2022

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
 Soricomorpha - Talpidae
Talpa tyrrhenica Bate 1945 mole
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudinidae indet. Batsch 1788 turtle
NMB Ty. 11544, an almost complete ungual phalanx of giant size