Fossil vertebrate remains of Pleistocene age have been collected on many small Italian islands. Faunal assembalges or isolated fossils of non-endemic continental type are known from Elba, Giglio, Giannutri, Formiche di Burano and Pianosa (Tuscany), Capri (Campania), Lipari (Aeolian islands, Sicily), Favignana and Levanzo (Aegades islands, Sicily) and San Domino (Tremiti islands, Apulia). Endemic species or subspecies, belonging to faunal assembalges distinct from the continental ones collected on the same islands, are known from Pianosa (Bos primigenius bubaloides), Capri (Cervus elaphus tyrrhenicus, Apodemus sylvaticus tyrrhenicus, Muscardinus malatestai), Favignana (Elephas mnaidriensis) and from Lampedusa (Pelagian islands, Sicily) (Meriones malatestai).
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KOTSAKIS T.;
2005-01-01
Abstract
Fossil vertebrate remains of Pleistocene age have been collected on many small Italian islands. Faunal assembalges or isolated fossils of non-endemic continental type are known from Elba, Giglio, Giannutri, Formiche di Burano and Pianosa (Tuscany), Capri (Campania), Lipari (Aeolian islands, Sicily), Favignana and Levanzo (Aegades islands, Sicily) and San Domino (Tremiti islands, Apulia). Endemic species or subspecies, belonging to faunal assembalges distinct from the continental ones collected on the same islands, are known from Pianosa (Bos primigenius bubaloides), Capri (Cervus elaphus tyrrhenicus, Apodemus sylvaticus tyrrhenicus, Muscardinus malatestai), Favignana (Elephas mnaidriensis) and from Lampedusa (Pelagian islands, Sicily) (Meriones malatestai).I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
