Ligniti di Monteviale: Early/Lower Oligocene, Italy
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Epapheliscus italicus
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Pandolfi et al. 2017 | |||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Palaeobatrachidae
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Palaeobatrachus sp.
Tschudi 1839
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Pandolfi et al. 2017 | |||||||||
Palaeobatrachus (s. l.) sp. | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Chiroptera
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Archaeopteropus transiens n. gen., n. sp.
Meschinelli 1903
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Epiaceratherium bolcense
Abel 1910
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Pandolfi et al. 2017 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Suidae
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? Propalaeochoerus paronae
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Pandolfi et al. 2017 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Anthracotheriidae
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Anthracotheriidae indet.
Leidy 1869
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Pandolfi et al. 2017 | |||||||||
Anthracotherium monsvialense
de Zigno 1888
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Pandolfi et al. 2017 | |||||||||
Anthracochoerus stehlini
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Pandolfi et al. 2017 | |||||||||
Anthracochoerus fabianii
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Pandolfi et al. 2017 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Sirenia
- Dugongidae
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Dugongidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Pandolfi et al. 2017 | |||||||||
Mammalia
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? Pantolesta indet.
McKenna 1975
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Pandolfi et al. 2017 | |||||||||
?Pantolesta incertae sedis | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
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Bergouniouxchelys vallisnerii
(Bergounioux 1954)
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Pandolfi et al. 2017 | |||||||||
Paralichelys vallisnerii n. sp.
Bergounioux 1954
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Hervet 2004 | |||||||||
recombined as Bergouniouxchelys vallisnerii | ||||||||||
Type IGPG Monteviale n° 1, Paratype IGPG Monteviale n° 2 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionyx italicus
Schauroth 1865
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Pandolfi et al. 2017 | |||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Trionychidae | ||||||||||
Trionyx (s. l.) italicus | ||||||||||
Trionyx capellinii
Negri 1892
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Georgalis and Joyce 2017 | |||||||||
montevialensis | ||||||||||
Trionyx schaurothianus n. sp.
Negri 1893
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Negri 1893 | |||||||||
synonym of Trionyx capellinii | ||||||||||
MGP-PD 10818Z (holotype), a complete skeleton in dorsal view, including the skull, carapace, a hyo-hypoplastron, limb elements, and caudal vertebrae | ||||||||||
Trionyx insolitus n. sp.
Bergounioux 1954
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Bergounioux 1954 | |||||||||
synonym of Trionyx capellinii | ||||||||||
MGP-PD 26560 (holotype), a complete carapace in dorsal view | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Diplocynodon cf. ratelii
Pomel 1847
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Kotsakis et al. 2004 | |||||||||
= Diplocynodon cf. muelleri
Kalin 1936
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Macaluso et al. 2019 | |||||||||
Crocodylus monsvialensis n. sp.
Fabiani 1914
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Kotsakis et al. 2004 | |||||||||
= Diplocynodon cf. muelleri
Kalin 1936
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Macaluso et al. 2019 | |||||||||
Crocodylus dalpiazi n. sp.
Fabiani 1915
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Franco et al. 1992 | |||||||||
Padova University Museum of Padova | ||||||||||
= Diplocynodon cf. muelleri
Kalin 1936
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Macaluso et al. 2019 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Perciformes
- Gobioidei
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Lepidocottus papyraceus
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'Lepidocottus' papyraceus | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Italy | State/province: | Vicenza |
Coordinates: | 45.6° North, 11.5° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 42.8° North, 9.8° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
Stage: | Rupelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
Key time interval: | Early/Lower Oligocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 33.90000 - 28.40000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Early Oligocene (late Rupelian) |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lignite |
Environment: | fluvial-lacustrine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,adpression |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Articulated whole bodies: | some |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some genera |
Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Collection method comments: the type and only specimen of Archaeopteropus was reposited in the Museo civico di Vicenza and destroyed in World War II |
Metadata
Database number: | 84793 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, D. Nicholson, P. Holroyd, P. Mannion, E. Vlachos | Enterer: | J. Alroy, P. Holroyd, P. Mannion, E. Vlachos, D. Nicholson |
Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2008-11-11 09:17:58 | Last modified: | 2019-05-29 08:56:48 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-11-11 09:17:58 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
28452. | W. A. Schutt, Jr. and N. B. Simmons. 1998. Morphology and Homology of the Chiropteran Calcar, with Comments on the Phylogenetic Relationships of Archaeopteropus. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 5(1):1-32 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
64253 | F. M. Bergounioux. 1954. Les chéloniens fossiles des terrains tertiaires de la Vénétie. Memorie degli Istituti di geologia e mineralogia dell’Universita di Padova 18:1-115 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] | |
49809 | F. Franco, G. Piccoli, and M. Tchaprassian. 1992. Resti di coccodrilli diplocynodonti (Diplocynodon dalpiazi) dall’Oligocene di Monteviale (Vicenza) nel Museo Paleontologico Universitario di Padova. Memorie di Scienze Geologiche 44:127-149 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
62147 | G. L. Georgalis and W. G. Joyce. 2017. A Review of the Fossil Record of Old World Turtles of the Clade Pan-Trionychidae. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 58(1):115-208 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/P. Mannion] | |
58591 | S. Hervet. 2004. Systématique du groupe "Palaeochelys sensu lato – Mauremys" (Chelonii, Testudinoidea) du Tertiaire d'Europe occidentale: principaux résultats [Systematic of the "Palaeochelys sensu lato – Mauremys" group (Chelonii, Testudinoidea) from the Tertiary of Western Europe: principal results. Annales de Paléontologie 90(1):13-78 [D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson] | |
46758 | T. Kotsakis, M. Delfino, and P. Piras. 2004. Italian Cenozoic crocodilians: taxa, timing and palaeobiogeographic implications. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 210:67-87 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
69053 | L. Macaluso, J. E. Martin, L. Del Favero and M. Delfino. 2019. Revision of the crocodilians from the Oligocene of Monteviale, Italy, and the diversity of European eusuchians across the Eocene-Oligocene boundary. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e1601098:1-13 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
64252 | A. Negri. 1892. Trionici eocenici ed oligocenici del Veneto. Memorie della Società Italiana di Scienze 8:1-53 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] | |
64254 | A. Negri. 1893. Nuove osservazioni sopra i trionici delle ligniti di Monteviale. 1-13 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] | |
58872 | L. Pandolfi, G. Carnevale, L. Costeur, L. Del Favero, M. Fornasiero, E. Ghezzo, L. Maiorini, P. Mietto, P. Piras, L. Rook, G. Sansalone and T. Kotsakis. 2017. Reassessing the earliest Oligocene vertebrate assemblage of Monteviale (Vicenza, Italy). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 15(2):83-127 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/P. Mannion] |