Castiglione 3 (Pleistocene of France)

Also known as Cast.3 CG, Cavite numero 3 de Castiglione, Oletta

Where: Corse, France (42.7° N, 9.3° E: paleocoordinates 42.7° N, 9.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• the fossiliferous deposit is located from 39m to 33m below ground level, at the intersection between 2 narrow, perpendicular fissures.

•Th/U method gives an age of 157,000 y (+22,200/-17,300)

Environment/lithology: fissure fill; unlithified, argillaceous, sandy conglomerate

• a sandy and clayey matrix containing small pebbles and blocks

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: replaced with calcite

Collection methods: sampling of a surface which is 4 m high and 2.5 m wide.

Primary reference: M. Salotti, S. Bailon, M.-F. Bonifay, J.-Y. Courtois, J.-N. Dubois, J. Ferrandini, J.-C. La Milza, C. Mourer-Chauvire, J.-B. Popelard, Y. Quinif, A.-M. Real-Testud, C. Miniconi, E. Pereira and C. Persiani. 1997. Castiglione 3, un nouveau remplissage fosilifere d'age Pleistocene moyen dans le karst de la region d'Oletta (Haute-Corse). Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences, Paris, Serie IIa 324:67-74 [E. Fara/E. Fara]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 69062: authorized by Emmanuel Fara, entered by Emmanuel Fara on 16.02.2007, edited by Mark Uhen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Stylommatophora - Oxychilidae
Oxychilus sp. Fitzinger 1833 slug
 Stylommatophora - Helicidae
Marmorana serpentina Ferussac 1826 slug
Tacheocampylaea raspaili Payraudeau 1826 slug
Aves
 Strigiformes - Tytonidae
Tyto balearica Mourer-Chauvire et al. 1980 barn owl
Tyto alba Scopoli 1769 barn owl
 Strigiformes - Strigidae
Otus sp. Pennant 1769 scops owl
in the size range of Otus scops
Bubo insularis Mourer-Chauvire and Weesie 1986 eagle-owl
 Columbiformes - Columbidae
Columba livia Gmelin 1789 rock pigeon
 Gruiformes - Rallidae
Porzana porzana Linnaeus 1766 spotted crake
 Passeriformes -
Passeriformes indet. Linnaeus 1758 perching bird
small Passeriformes
 Passeriformes - Corvidae
Pyrrhocorax graculus Linnaeus 1766 yellow-billed chough
 Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Accipiter nisus Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian sparrowhawk
Accipiter gentilis Linnaeus 1758 northern goshawk
Aquila chrysaetos Linnaeus 1758 golden eagle
Buteo cf. buteo Linnaeus 1758 common buzzard
Buteo rufinus Cretzschmar 1826 long-legged buzzard
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo hermanni1 Gmelin 1789 Hermann's tortoise
shell parts or fragments as well as some other cranial and postcranial elements
 Testudines - Emydidae
Emys orbicularis1 Linnaeus 1758 European pond turtle
shell parts or fragments as well as some other cranial and postcranial elements
 Squamata - Colubridae
Coluber viridiflavus Lacépède 1789 racer
 Squamata - Lacertidae
Podarcis tiliguerta Gmelin 1789 Wall lizards
Lacerta "n. sp. Salotti et al. 1997" Linnaeus 1758 squamates
Archaeolacerta bedriagae Camerano 1885 Bedriaga's rock lizard
Mammalia
 Chiroptera - Rhinolophidae
Rhinolophus euryale Blasius 1853 horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus ferrumequinum Schreber 1774 greater horseshoe bat
 Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Myotis myotis Borkhausen 1797 greater mouse-eared bat
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
"Cyrnolutra castiglionis n. gen. n. sp." = Lutra castiglionis2
"Cyrnolutra castiglionis n. gen. n. sp." = Lutra castiglionis2 Pereira and Salotti 2000 otter
 Carnivora - Canidae
Cynotherium sardous Studiati 1857 canid
2 right mandibles
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Cervus sp. Linnaeus 1758 deer
large size
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Episoriculus corsicanus Bate 1944 red-toothed shrew
"present but not abundant"
 Rodentia - Muridae
Rhagamys orthodon Hensel 1856 mouse
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
"Tyrrhenicola henseli" = Microtus (Tyrrhenicola) henseli
"Tyrrhenicola henseli" = Microtus (Tyrrhenicola) henseli F. Major 1905 vole
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Prolagus sardus Wagner 1829 pika
Amphibia
 Salientia - Bufonidae
Bufo viridis Laurenti 1768 European green toad
 Salientia - Discoglossidae
Discoglossus sp. Otth 1837 painted frog