Castiglione 3: Middle Pleistocene, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Accipiter gentilis (Linnaeus 1758)
Accipiter nisus (Linnaeus 1758)
Aquila chrysaetos (Linnaeus 1758)
Buteo cf. buteo (Linnaeus 1758)
Buteo rufinus (Cretzschmar 1826)
Reptilia - Columbiformes - Columbidae
Columba livia Gmelin 1789
Reptilia - Strigiformes - Tytonidae
Tyto alba (Scopoli 1769)
Reptilia - Strigiformes - Strigidae
Athene informal n. sp. Salotti et al. 1997
Otus sp. Pennant 1769
in the size range of Otus scops
Bubo insularis Mourer-Chauvire and Weesie 1986
Reptilia - Gruiformes - Rallidae
Porzana porzana (Linnaeus 1766)
Reptilia - Passeriformes
Passeriformes indet. Linnaeus 1758
small Passeriformes
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Corvidae
Pyrrhocorax graculus (Linnaeus 1766)
Reptilia - Lacertidae
Podarcis tiliguerta Gmelin 1789
Lacerta informal n. sp. Salotti et al. 1997
Archaeolacerta bedriagae Camerano 1885
Reptilia - Colubridae
Coluber viridiflavus Lacépède 1789
Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Emys orbicularis (Linnaeus 1758)
Hervet and Salotti 2000 150 specimens
shell parts or fragments as well as some other cranial and postcranial elements
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo cf. hermanni Gmelin 1789
43 specimens
shell parts or fragments as well as some other cranial and postcranial elements
    = Testudo hermanni Gmelin 1789
Hervet and Salotti 2000
Mammalia - Cervidae
Cervus sp. Linnaeus 1758
large size
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Cynotherium sardous Studiati 1857
2 specimens
2 right mandibles
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Cyrnolutra castiglionis n. gen., n. sp. Pereira and Salotti 2000
Pereira and Salotti 2000 1 specimen
recombined as Lutra castiglionis
Mammalia - Soricidae
Episoriculus corsicanus Bate 1944
"present but not abundant"
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Tyrrhenicola henseli F. Major 1905
recombined as Microtus (Tyrrhenicola) henseli
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Rhagamys orthodon (Hensel 1856)
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Prolagus sardus Wagner 1829
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Rhinolophidae
Rhinolophus euryale Blasius 1853
Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (Schreber 1774)
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Myotis myotis (Borkhausen 1797)
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Bufonidae
Bufo viridis Laurenti 1768
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Discoglossidae
Discoglossus sp. Otth 1837
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Oxychilidae
Oxychilus sp. Fitzinger 1833
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Helicidae
Tacheocampylaea raspaili Payraudeau 1826
Marmorana serpentina Ferussac 1826
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Corse County:departement Haute-Corse
Coordinates: 42.7° North, 9.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:42.7° North, 9.3° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Altitude:100 meters
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
Stage:Chibanian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Middle Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.77400 - 0.12900 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: 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)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified argillaceous,sandy conglomerate
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: a sandy and clayey matrix containing small pebbles and blocks
Environment:fissure fill
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,replaced with calcite
Degree of concentration:concentrated
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Spatial orientation:random
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Abundance in sediment:abundant
Disassociated major elements:many
Disassociated minor elements:many
Encrustation:frequent
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Rock censused:27000 cm3 (volume)
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection method comments: sampling of a surface which is 4 m high and 2.5 m wide.
Metadata
Also known as:Cast.3 CG, Cavite numero 3 de Castiglione, Oletta
Database number:69062
Authorizer:E. Fara, M. Uhen Enterer:E. Fara, M. Uhen
Modifier:E. Fara Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-02-16 08:19:17 Last modified:2007-02-16 10:26:28
Access level:the public Released:2007-02-16 08:19:17
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
19913. 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]

Secondary references:

198815% 53720S. Hervet and M. Salotti. 2000. Les tortues pleistocenes de Castiglione (Oletta, Haute-Corse) et la preuve de leur indigenat en Corse. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie de Sciences, Paris (Serie II) 330(9):645-651 [E. Fara/E. Fara/E. Fara]
31111 E. Pereira and M. Salotti. 2000. Cyrnolutra castiglionis, une nouvelle forme de loutre (Mustelidae, Lutrinae), dans un depot du Pleistocene moyen Casiglione 3CG (Oletta, Haute-Corse). Comptes Rendus Academie de Science Paris Sciences de la Terre et des planetes 331(1):45-52 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]