Montebamboli (Miocene of Italy)

Also known as Ceva, Piemonte, northwestern Italy (Fig. 1); early Miocene (MN 1–2; Delle Cave,

Where: Toscana, Italy (43.1° N, 10.8° E: paleocoordinates 42.0° N, 9.9° E)

When: MN 1-2 mammal zone, Aquitanian (23.0 - 20.4 Ma)

• early Miocene (MN 1–2)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. Mayr and M. Pavia. 2014. On the true affinities of Chenornis graculoides Portis, 1884, and Anas lignitifila Portis, 1884β€”an albatross and an unusual duck from the Miocene of Italy. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(4):914-923 [R. Benson/R. Benson/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 152908: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Shahed Alam on 03.12.2013, edited by Mark Uhen and Evangelos Vlachos

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Taxonomic list

Aves
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
"Anas lignitifila" = Bambolinetta lignitifila
"Anas lignitifila" = Bambolinetta lignitifila Portis 1884 duck
Reptilia
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx portisi n. sp. Ristori 1891 softshell turtle
Probably IGF (syntype), a rather complete cara- pace, missing only the nuchal, and parts of neural I and costals I (Ristori 1895, pl. 2.8); probably IGF (syntype), a carapace frag- ment (Ristori 1895, pl. 2.12); probably IGF (syntype), a carapace fragment (Ristori 1895, pl. 2.13)
Trionyx bambolii n. sp. Ristori 1891 softshell turtle
MUSNAF (syntype), a partial carapace and asso- ciated thoracic vertebrae (Ristori 1895, pl. 1.1, 2; Guasparri 1992, fig. 30.2); MUSNAF (syntype), a carapace fragment, one cervi- cal vertebra, and a partial epiplastron (Ristori 1895, pl. 1.3); MSNP (syntype), a carapace fragment, consisting of right costals and neurals I and II (Ristori 1895, pl. 1.4); IGF 999V (syntype), fragment of a hyoplastron and coracoid (Ristori 1895, pl. 2.9); MUSNAF (syntype), a carapace fragment of a juvenile individual (Ristori 1895, not figured)
Trionyx senensis n. sp. Ristori 1891 softshell turtle
IGF (syntype), an almost complete carapace (Ris- tori 1895, pl. 2.7); probably IGF (syntype), a carapace fragment, containing the last neurals (Ristori 1895, pls. 1.5, 2.10); proba- bly IGF (syntype), a carapace fragment in visceral view, along with parts of vertebrae and pectoral girdle (Ristori 1895, pl. 1.6).