Also known as VI Banco 6
Where: Sardinia, Italy (40.4° N, 9.7° E: paleocoordinates 40.4° N, 9.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• Late Pleistocene. A new faunal complex subdivided into primitive (earlier) 'Praemegaceros-Tyrrhenicola' complex and a later one. This is the later and comprises VI Banco 6 and XII Quarry 2.
Environment/lithology: fissure fill
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 51552: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 08.06.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Amphibia | |
Anura indet. frog | |
Discoglossus sardus Tschudi 1837 Sardinia painted frog | |
Bufo viridis Laurenti 1768 European green toad | |
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Aves | |
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird | |
Rallidae "indet. 1" Vigors 1825 rail | |
Strigidae indet. Vigors 1825 true owl
Athene sp. Scopoli 1769 true owl
Bubo cf. insularis Mourer-Chauvire and Weesie 1986 eagle-owl | |
Columba livia Gmelin 1789 rock pigeon | |
Passeriformes indet. Linnaeus 1758 perching bird | |
Turdus sp. Linnaeus 1758 true thrush | |
Sylviidae indet. Vigors 1825 perching bird | |
Hirundinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 swallow | |
Muscicapa sp. Brisson 1760 flycatcher | |
Sturnus sp. Linnaeus 1756 starling | |
Corvidae indet. Vigors 1825 perching bird
Corvus cf. corone Linnaeus 1758 carrion crow
Pyrrhocorax sp. Tunstall 1771 chough
Pyrrhocorax graculus Linnaeus 1766 yellow-billed chough | |
Coturnix coturnix Linnaeus 1758 common quail | |
Accipitridae indet. Viellot 1816 hawk
Aquila sp. Linnaeus 1758 eagle
Buteo cf. buteo Linnaeus 1758 common buzzard | |
Reptilia | |
Sauria indet. diapsid | |
Serpentes indet. snake | |
Natrix sp. Laurenti 1768 water snake | |
Amphisbaenia indet. Gray 1844 worm lizard | |
Lacerta sp. Linnaeus 1758 squamates
Podarcis sp. Wagler 1830 Wall lizards | |
Gekkonidae indet. Gray 1825 gecko | |
Mammalia | |
Cynotherium sp. Studiati 1857 canid | |
Praemegaceros aff. cazioti Deperet 1897 deer | |
Nesiotites "sp. 2" Bate 1945 shrew | |
Prolagus cf. sardus Wagner 1829 pika | |
"Tyrrhenicola henseli" = Microtus (Tyrrhenicola) henseli
"Tyrrhenicola henseli" = Microtus (Tyrrhenicola) henseli F. Major 1905 vole | |
Rhagamys orthodon, "Gerbillidae indet." = Gerbillinae
Rhagamys orthodon Hensel 1856 mouse
"Gerbillidae indet." = Gerbillinae Gray 1825 gerbil | |
Pisces | |
""Pisces" indet." = Osteichthyes
""Pisces" indet." = Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 bony fish |