Fissure 10, 3 Uccelli Quarry, Monte Tuttavista, Orosei: Calabrian - Middle Pleistocene, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Pisces
"Pisces" indet. Linnaeus 1758
synonym of Osteichthyes
Mammalia - Bovidae
Caprinae indet. Gray 1821
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Pannonictis sp. Kormos 1931
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
? Cynotherium sp. Studiati 1857
Mammalia - Talpidae
Talpa tyrrhenica Bate 1945
Mammalia - Soricidae
Nesiotites informal sp. 1 Bate 1945
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Prolagus cf. sardus Wagner 1829
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Oryctolagus aff. lacosti
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Tyrrhenicola sp. n. sp. Forsyth Major 1905
spelled with current rank as Microtus (Tyrrhenicola)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Rhagapodemus minor
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Macaca cf. majori
Reptilia - Passeriformes
Passeriformes indet. Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Alaudidae
Alauda cf. arvensis Linnaeus 1758
Melanocorypha cf. calandra (Linnaeus 1766)
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Fringillidae
Carduelis chloris (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Chloris chloris
Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Gadidae
Gadidae indet. Rafinesque 1810
Actinopteri - Labriformes - Labridae
Labrus bergylta
Labrus merula
Labrus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Coris julis
Actinopteri - Perciformes - Serranidae
Serranus scriba (Linnaeus 1758)
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy State/province:Sardinia
Coordinates: 40.4° North, 9.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.4° North, 9.5° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Calabrian - Middle Pleistocene
Age range of interval:1.80000 - 0.12900 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Latest Early Pleistocene/ Early Middle Pleistocene. A new faunal complex, with ancestral species prior to the classic 'Praemegaceros-Tyrrhenicola' complex and only represented by two sites - X3 Uccelli and X mele.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "siliciclastic"
Lithology description: Fissures contain various detrital sediments ranging from fossil breccias to dark clays. Different depositional events can be distinguished in some of the larger fissures/cavities.
Environment:fissure fill
Geology comments: Monte Tuttavista is 836m a.s.l. and is formed of Mesozoic limestones. Dissolution has formed a network of fissures, which are mainly narrow and coincident with fracture lineaments.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,sieve,field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection method comments: 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.
Metadata
Also known as:X 3 uccelli
Database number:51482
Authorizer:A. Turner Enterer:H. O'Regan
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:PACED,vertebrate
Created:2005-06-06 08:39:57 Last modified:2018-07-13 12:10:38
Access level:the public Released:2005-06-06 08:39:57
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
13691.PACED 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]