Where: Italy (45.6° N, 11.2° E: paleocoordinates 37.3° N, 10.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• Initially assigned to the Lutetian. However, calcareous nannofossils attribute the classic Pesciara locality to the Discoaster sublodoensis Zone (NP14 or CP12) of uppermost Ypresian to lowermost Lutetian age. Larger foraminifera indicate the Alveolina dainellii Zone, and have limited abrasion so do not appear to be reworked. Therefore, biostratigraphy restricts the classic Pesciara locality to a narrow interval between the base of NP14 and the top of SBZ11, of late Ypresian age (Papazzoni et al., 2014). The lower-middle part of Monte Postale was also preliminarily assigned to SBZ11 of Ypresian age (Papazzoni & Trevisiani, 2009).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

• Fossil fishes are completely articulated

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

• Repository: Fossil Museum of Monte Bolca (MFB)

Primary reference: A. Garassino and M. Novati. 2001. Justitia desmaresti (Massalongo, 1854) (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the Lutetian (Middle Eocene) of Monte Bolca (Verona, N Italy). Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 141(2):251-268 [C. Schweitzer/E. Johnson/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 196804: authorized by Phil Novack-Gottshall, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 08.10.2018

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