Fiumi Santo (Miocene of Italy)
Where: Italy (40.8° N, 8.4° E: paleocoordinates 42.1° N, 5.3° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
• late Tortonian
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Primary reference: 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 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 92904: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 04.12.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
Oreopithecus sp. Gervais 1872 ape | |
Mustelidae indet. Fischer 1817 mustelid carnivore | |
Umbrotherium azarolii n. gen. n. sp.
Umbrotherium azarolii n. gen. n. sp. giraffe | |
? Neotragini indet., Tyrrhenotragus gracillimus, Maremmia cf. lorenzi, Etruria viallii n. gen. n. sp., Turritragus casteanensis n. gen. n. sp.
? Neotragini indet. Sclater and Thomas 1894 antelope
Tyrrhenotragus gracillimus Weithofer 1888 antelope
Maremmia cf. lorenzi Hurzeler and Engesser 1976 antelope
Etruria viallii n. gen. n. sp. Abbazzi et al. 2008 antelope
Turritragus casteanensis n. gen. n. sp. Abbazzi et al. 2008 antelope originally entered as "Turritragus castanensis"
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Eumaiochoerus cf. etruscus Hurzeler 1982 pig | |
Reptilia | |
"Chelonii indet." = Testudines
"Chelonii indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle | |
Crocodylia indet. Owen 1842 crocodilian |