Fissure 11, dic.2001, Monte Tuttavista, Orosei, Sardinia (Pleistocene to of Italy)

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

• Monte Tuttavista is 836m a.s.l. and is formed of Mesozoic limestones. Dissolution has formed a network of fissures, which are mainly narrow and coincident with fracture lineaments.
• Fissures contain various detrital sediments ranging from fossil breccias to dark clays. Different depositional events can be distinguished in some of the larger fissures/cavities.

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
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Mammalia
 Carnivora - Canidae
Cynotherium sp. Studiati 1857 canid
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Praemegaceros sp. Portis 1920 deer
 Soricomorpha - Soricidae
Nesiotites "sp. 2" Bate 1945 shrew
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
"Tyrrhenicola henseli" = Microtus (Tyrrhenicola) henseli
"Tyrrhenicola henseli" = Microtus (Tyrrhenicola) henseli F. Major 1905 vole
 Rodentia - Muridae
Rhagamys orthodon Hensel 1856 mouse
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Prolagus cf. sardus Wagner 1829 pika
 Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Myotis cf. bechsteini Leisler 1818 vesper bat
Reptilia
 Serpentes -
 Squamata - Natricidae
Natrix sp. Laurenti 1768 water snake
 Squamata - Lacertidae
Podarcis sp. Wagler 1830 Wall lizards
Lacerta sp. Linnaeus 1758 squamates
Aves
  -
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Anatidae indet. Vigors 1825 waterfowl
 Passeriformes -
Passeriformes indet. Linnaeus 1758 perching bird
 Passeriformes - Turdidae
Turdus sp. Linnaeus 1758 true thrush
 Passeriformes - Emberizidae
Emberiza sp. Linnaeus 1758 old world bunting
 Passeriformes - Corvidae
Pyrrhocorax sp. Tunstall 1771 chough
 Strigiformes - Strigidae
Athene sp. Scopoli 1769 true owl
Amphibia
 Salientia -
 Salientia - Discoglossidae
Discoglossus sardus Tschudi 1837 Sardinia painted frog
 Salientia - Bufonidae
Bufo viridis Laurenti 1768 European green toad