Patrizi Cuniculus, Grottadi Nettuno (Quaternary of Italy)

Where: Sardegna, Italy (40.6° N, 8.3° E: paleocoordinates 40.6° N, 7.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Quaternary (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• probably upper Pleistocene or Holocene (Willemsen, 1992)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: cave; ferruginous, calcareous sandstone

• found in a grotto (cave) near sea level
• found in a red sand (iron hydroxide); skeleton convered with calcareous encrustations

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1966

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: A. Malatesta. 1977. The skeleton of Nesolutra ichnusae n. sp., a Quaternary otter discovered in Sardinia. Geologica Romana 16:173-209 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 34769: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 23.09.2003

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
"Nesolutra ichnusae n. sp." = Sardolutra ichnusae
"Nesolutra ichnusae n. sp." = Sardolutra ichnusae Malatesta 1977 otter