Fiume Santo: Turolian, Italy
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Crocodylia indet.
(Owen 1842)
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| 49 isolated teeth (unumbered) hosted in the collec- tions of the Soprintendenza Archeologia, belle arti e paesaggio per le province di Sassari e Nuoro | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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? Testudinoidea indet.
Gray 1825
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Zoboli et al. 2022 | 11 specimens | ||||||||
| FS1995#0579, partial right xiphiplastron (Figure 9); FS IV – 139/1, incomplete pygal; FS1994#7, one shell fragment; FS1994III#258/4, one shell fragment; FS1994III#257/2, two shell fragments; FS1995III#91, five small shell fragments; FS30.01.1995RecuperoTrincea, three shell fragments; FS1995IIITrincea 142–143-144-145-147, five shell fragments. Figure 9. ?Testudinoidea indet., Fiume Santo (Porto Torres), Tortonian–early Messinian. Right xiphiplastron (FS1995#0579) in ventral (a) and dorsal (b) views. Figure | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Italy | State/province: | Sassari |
| Coordinates: | 40.8° North, 8.4° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 41.8° North, 5.9° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Turolian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 8.70000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Level V2 of Baccinello (Tuscany) that is referable to the Turolian (MN 12 or basal MN 13)
Zoboli et al. 2019: The detailed stratigraphic data and the geological context of the site of Fiume Santo are not satisfactorily known, however, a late Tortonian – early Messinan age is suggested by the associated Turolian mammal fauna (Abbazzi et al., 2008b; Casanovas-Vilar et al., 2011). | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | alluvial fan |
| Geology comments: Zoboli et al. 2019: upper Miocene alluvial sediments of the third Miocene sedimentary cycle recognized in Sardinia | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 144563 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion, E. Vlachos | Enterer: | P. Mannion, E. Vlachos |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-05-10 22:38:33 | Last modified: | 2022-02-16 09:19:06 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-05-10 22:38:33 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 46758. | T. Kotsakis, M. Delfino, and P. Piras. 2004. Italian Cenozoic crocodilians: taxa, timing and palaeobiogeographic implications. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 210:67-87 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |
Secondary references:
| 64163 | L. Abbazzi, M. Delfino, G. Gallai, L. Trebini, and L. Rook. 2008. New Data on the Vertebrate Assemblage of Fiume Santo (North-west Sardinia, Italy), and Overview on the Late Miocene Tusco-sardinian palaeobioprovince. Palaeontology 51(2):425-451 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] | |
| 82315 | D. Zoboli, G. L. Georgalis, M. Arca, C. Tuveri, S. Carboni, L. Lecca, G. L. Pillola, L. Rook, M. Villani, F. Chesi, and M. Delfino. 2022. An overview of the fossil turtles from Sardinia (Italy). Historical Biology 1-30 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] | |
| 79866 | D. Zoboli, L. Sanciu, G. L. Pillola and M. Delfino. 2019. An overview of the crocodylian fossil record from Sardinia (Italy). Annales de Paléontologie 105:123-137 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham/G. Varnham] |