Ligniti di Monteviale: Early/Lower Oligocene, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Epapheliscus italicus
Pandolfi et al. 2017
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Palaeobatrachidae
Palaeobatrachus sp. Tschudi 1839
Pandolfi et al. 2017
Palaeobatrachus (s. l.) sp.
Mammalia - Chiroptera
Archaeopteropus transiens n. gen., n. sp. Meschinelli 1903
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Epiaceratherium bolcense Abel 1910
Pandolfi et al. 2017
Mammalia - Suidae
? Propalaeochoerus paronae
Pandolfi et al. 2017
Mammalia - Anthracotheriidae
Anthracotheriidae indet. Leidy 1869
Pandolfi et al. 2017
Anthracotherium monsvialense de Zigno 1888
Pandolfi et al. 2017
Anthracochoerus stehlini
Pandolfi et al. 2017
Anthracochoerus fabianii
Pandolfi et al. 2017
Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae
Dugongidae indet. Gray 1821
Pandolfi et al. 2017
Mammalia
? Pantolesta indet. McKenna 1975
Pandolfi et al. 2017
?Pantolesta incertae sedis
Reptilia - Testudines
Bergouniouxchelys vallisnerii (Bergounioux 1954)
Pandolfi et al. 2017
Paralichelys vallisnerii n. sp. Bergounioux 1954
Hervet 2004
recombined as Bergouniouxchelys vallisnerii
Type IGPG Monteviale n° 1, Paratype IGPG Monteviale n° 2
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx italicus Schauroth 1865
Pandolfi et al. 2017
nomen dubium belonging to Trionychidae
Trionyx (s. l.) italicus
Trionyx capellinii Negri 1892
Georgalis and Joyce 2017
montevialensis
Trionyx schaurothianus n. sp. Negri 1893
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
Bergounioux 1954
synonym of Trionyx capellinii
MGP-PD 26560 (holotype), a complete carapace in dorsal view
Reptilia
Diplocynodon cf. ratelii Pomel 1847
Kotsakis et al. 2004
    = Diplocynodon cf. muelleri Kalin 1936
Macaluso et al. 2019
Crocodylus monsvialensis n. sp. Fabiani 1914
Kotsakis et al. 2004
    = Diplocynodon cf. muelleri Kalin 1936
Macaluso et al. 2019
Crocodylus dalpiazi n. sp. Fabiani 1915
Franco et al. 1992
Padova University Museum of Padova
    = Diplocynodon cf. muelleri Kalin 1936
Macaluso et al. 2019
Actinopteri - Perciformes - Gobioidei
Lepidocottus papyraceus
Pandolfi et al. 2017
'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]