Castiglione 1A (Pleistocene of France)

Where: Corse, France (42.7° N, 9.3° E: paleocoordinates 42.7° N, 9.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J.-D. Vigne, S. Bailon, and J. Cuisin. 1997. Biostratigraphy of amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals in Corsica and the role of man in the Holocene faunal turnover. Anthropozoological 25-26:587-604 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 215362: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 10.11.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Amphibia
 Salientia - Discoglossidae
Discoglossus sp. Otth 1837 painted frog
 Salientia - Hylidae
Hyla sarda tree frog
Hyla (arborea) sarda
 Salientia - Bufonidae
Bufo viridis Laurenti 1768 European green toad
Aves
 Passeriformes - Corvidae
Pyrrhocorax graculus Linnaeus 1766 yellow-billed chough
 Columbiformes - Columbidae
Columba palumbus Linnaeus 1758 common wood-pigeon
 Strigiformes - Tytonidae
Tyto alba Scopoli 1769 barn owl
 Strigiformes - Strigidae
Bubo insularis Mourer-Chauvire and Weesie 1986 eagle-owl
Asio flammeus Pontoppidan 1763 short-eared owl
Reptilia
 Squamata - Colubridae
Natrix natrix Linnaeus 1758 water snake
 Squamata - Lacertidae
Podarcis tiliguerta Gmelin 1789 Wall lizards
Archaeolacerta bedriagae Camerano 1885 Bedriaga's rock lizard
Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Sus sp. Linnaeus 1758 pig
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
cf. Enhydrictis sp. Forsyth Major 1902 mustelid carnivore
 Carnivora - Canidae
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Episoriculus corsicanus Bate 1944 red-toothed shrew
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Prolagus sardus Wagner 1829 pika
 Rodentia - Muridae
Rhagamys orthodon Hensel 1856 mouse
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
"Tyrrhenicola henseli" = Microtus (Tyrrhenicola) henseli
"Tyrrhenicola henseli" = Microtus (Tyrrhenicola) henseli F. Major 1905 vole