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 | |
Microtus (Tyrrhenicola) henseli F. Major 1905 vole | |
Talpa tyrrhenica Bate 1945 mole | |
Reptilia | |
Testudinidae indet. Batsch 1788 turtle NMB Ty. 11544, an almost complete ungual phalanx of giant size
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