Monte Leone SU5 (Holocene of France)

Where: Corse, France (41.4° N, 9.2° E: paleocoordinates 41.4° N, 9.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported

• rock shelter

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: anthropogenic

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 215365: 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 - Bufonidae
Bufo viridis Laurenti 1768 European green toad
Aves
 Otidiformes - Otididae
"? Otis tetrax" = Tetrax tetrax
"? Otis tetrax" = Tetrax tetrax Linnaeus 1758 little bustard
 Passeriformes - Corvidae
Corvus corone Linnaeus 1758 carrion crow
 Strigiformes - Strigidae
Bubo insularis Mourer-Chauvire and Weesie 1986 eagle-owl
Reptilia
 Squamata - Colubridae
Natrix natrix Linnaeus 1758 water snake
 Squamata - Lacertidae
Podarcis tiliguerta Gmelin 1789 Wall lizards
Mammalia
 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