New remains of Macaca majori Azzaroli, 1946 (Primates, Cercopithecidae) from Is Oreris (Fluminimaggiore, southwestern Sardinia)

In the late 1960’s, an incomplete cranium was found in the Is Oreris area (Fluminimaggiore, southwestern Sardinia; Comaschi Caria, 1970). This cranium is housed in the Museo Sardo di Geologia e Paleontologia Domenico Lovisato of the University of Cagliari under accession number MDLCA 14012. The cranium MDLCA 14012 is the only Macaca fossil reported to date in southwestern Sardinia, as further fi eldwork in the same area had not provided additional remains of this taxon (Gliozzi et al., 1984). Now, more than forty years after the first report, a new isolated specimen of macaque was recovered from the locality of Is Oreris. The new specimen is housed in the Museo dei Palaeoambienti Sulcitani - E.A. Martel of Carbonia (Sardinia), under accession number MPC 8116. It consists of a partial mandible and associated maxillary fragment with both upper and lower teeth.