Also known as XI dic.2001
Where: Sardinia, Italy (40.4° N, 9.7° E: paleocoordinates 40.4° N, 9.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Middle Pleistocene to Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.0 Ma)
• Middle-Late Pleistocene. A new faunal complex subdivided into primitive (earlier) 'Praemegaceros-Tyrrhenicola' complex and a later one. This is the earlier and comprises the following fissures - XI canide, XI dic.2001, XI Mar 2002, XI 3, XI rondone. IX Prolagus, XI 3, IV 5 and IV 20 appear to form a slightly earlier subgroup.
Environment/lithology: fissure fill
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
• Specimens are held at the Operating Office of the Soprintendenza per Beni Archeologici in Nuoro and in the Archaeological Museum of Nuoro.
•Localities found in 1995, this paper (ref. 13691) reports on work from 1996-2003.
Primary reference: L. Abbazzi, C. Angelone, M. Arca, G. Barisone, C. Bedetti, M. Delfino, T. Kotsakis, F. Marcolini, M. R. Palombo, M. Pavia, P. Piras, L. Rook, D. Torre, C. Tuveri, A. M. F. Valli and B. Wilkens. 2004. Plio-Pleistocene fossil vertebrates of Monte Tuttavista (Orosei, Eastern Sardinia, Italy), an overview. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 110(3):681-706 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 51504: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 07.06.2005
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Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Mammalia | |
Cynotherium sp. Studiati 1857 canid | |
Praemegaceros sp. Portis 1920 deer | |
Nesiotites "sp. 2" Bate 1945 shrew | |
"Tyrrhenicola henseli" = Microtus (Tyrrhenicola) henseli
"Tyrrhenicola henseli" = Microtus (Tyrrhenicola) henseli F. Major 1905 vole | |
Rhagamys orthodon Hensel 1856 mouse | |
Prolagus cf. sardus Wagner 1829 pika | |
Myotis cf. bechsteini Leisler 1818 vesper bat | |
Reptilia | |
Serpentes indet. snake | |
Natrix sp. Laurenti 1768 water snake | |
Podarcis sp. Wagler 1830 Wall lizards
Lacerta sp. Linnaeus 1758 squamates | |
Aves | |
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird | |
Anatidae indet. Vigors 1825 waterfowl | |
Passeriformes indet. Linnaeus 1758 perching bird | |
Turdus sp. Linnaeus 1758 true thrush | |
Emberiza sp. Linnaeus 1758 old world bunting | |
Pyrrhocorax sp. Tunstall 1771 chough | |
Athene sp. Scopoli 1769 true owl | |
Amphibia | |
Anura indet. frog | |
Discoglossus sardus Tschudi 1837 Sardinia painted frog | |
Bufo viridis Laurenti 1768 European green toad |