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Solitudo sicula
Discussion
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Latin adjective in feminine gender, meaning Sicilian.
Taxonomy
Solitudo sicula was named by Valenti et al. (2022). Its type specimen is ZCSP US.0-Q2, a limb element (an almost complete right femur, missing only part of the major trochanter), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Zubbio di Cozzo San Pietro Cave, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in Italy.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2022 | Solitudo sicula Valenti et al. |
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†Solitudo sicula Valenti et al. 2022
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| P. Valenti et al. 2022 | Member of Solitudo based on the generic characters mentioned above. Differing from other species of Solitudo in having trochanters that are at the same height with the femoral head, and a femoral head that is clearly elliptical, whereas in other species trochanters extend beyond the femoral head and the latter is not elliptical. |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ernst and Barbour 1989, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Italy (Sicily) | Solitudo sicula (type locality: 226377) |