Patrizi Cuniculus, Grottadi Nettuno: Quaternary, Italy
collected 1966
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Nesolutra ichnusae n. sp.
Malatesta 1977
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1 individual | ||||||
| recombined as Sardolutra ichnusae | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Italy | State/province: | Sardegna |
| Coordinates: | 40.6° North, 8.3° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.6° North, 7.9° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Altitude: | 0 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Quaternary |
| Age range of interval: | 2.58000 - 0.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: probably upper Pleistocene or Holocene (Willemsen, 1992) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | ferruginous calcareous sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: found in a red sand (iron hydroxide); skeleton convered with calcareous encrustations | |
| Environment: | cave |
| Geology comments: found in a grotto (cave) near sea level | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | excellent |
| Articulated whole bodies: | all |
| Fragmentation: | none |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | Collection dates: | 1966 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 34769 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2003-09-23 08:34:29 | Last modified: | 2018-04-09 14:53:05 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-09-23 08:34:29 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 9276. | 5% 34020 | A. Malatesta. 1977. The skeleton of Nesolutra ichnusae n. sp., a Quaternary otter discovered in Sardinia. Geologica Romana 16:173-209 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
| 31346 | G. F. Willemsen. 1992. A revision of the Pliocene and Quaternary Lutrinae from Europe. Scripta Geologica 101:1-115 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |