In this report, we present and briefly describe a small sample of the endemic Sardinian macaque Macaca majori Azzaroli, 1946 from the Pleistocene type locality of Capo Figari (Golfo Aranci, northeastern Sardinia). The famous Swiss palaeontologist Charles Immanuel Forsyth Major (1843-1923) donated the fossils to the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle of Paris (France) in 1914. This still unpublished material represents one of the first M. majori samples ever collected and is of great scientific and historical importance. The history of palaeontological research is comprised within such collections, rendering their preservation and that of the inherent information they contain essential for palaeontological studies.
On the rediscovered fossil remains of Macaca majori Azzaroli, 1946 (Primates, Cercopithecidae) from the Capo Figari type locality (Sardinia, Italy) housed in the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle (Paris, France) / Zoboli, Daniel; Zedda, Marco; Rita Palombo, Maria. - In: BOLLETTINO DELLA SOCIETÀ PALEONTOLOGICA ITALIANA. - ISSN 0375-7633. - (2025). [10.4435/BSPI.2025.02]
On the rediscovered fossil remains of Macaca majori Azzaroli, 1946 (Primates, Cercopithecidae) from the Capo Figari type locality (Sardinia, Italy) housed in the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle (Paris, France)
Marco Zedda;
2025-01-01
Abstract
In this report, we present and briefly describe a small sample of the endemic Sardinian macaque Macaca majori Azzaroli, 1946 from the Pleistocene type locality of Capo Figari (Golfo Aranci, northeastern Sardinia). The famous Swiss palaeontologist Charles Immanuel Forsyth Major (1843-1923) donated the fossils to the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle of Paris (France) in 1914. This still unpublished material represents one of the first M. majori samples ever collected and is of great scientific and historical importance. The history of palaeontological research is comprised within such collections, rendering their preservation and that of the inherent information they contain essential for palaeontological studies.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
