Where: Vicenza, Italy (45.6° N, 11.5° E: paleocoordinates 42.8° N, 9.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)
• Early Oligocene (late Rupelian)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; lignite
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression
Collection methods: the type and only specimen of Archaeopteropus was reposited in the Museo civico di Vicenza and destroyed in World War II
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 84793: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 11.11.2008, edited by Philip Mannion, Patricia Holroyd, David Nicholson and Evangelos Vlachos
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Bergouniouxchelys vallisnerii" = Bergouniouxchelys vallisnerii6, "Paralichelys vallisnerii n. sp." = Bergouniouxchelys vallisnerii3
"Paralichelys vallisnerii n. sp." = Bergouniouxchelys vallisnerii3 Bergounioux 1954 turtle Type IGPG Monteviale n° 1, Paratype IGPG Monteviale n° 2
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"Trionyx capellinii" = Trionyx capellinii2, "Trionyx insolitus n. sp." = Trionyx capellinii1, "Trionyx schaurothianus n. sp." = Trionyx capellinii5, Trionyx italicus6
"Trionyx insolitus n. sp." = Trionyx capellinii1 Negri 1892 softshell turtle MGP-PD 26560 (holotype), a complete carapace in dorsal view
"Trionyx schaurothianus n. sp." = Trionyx capellinii5 Negri 1892 softshell turtle MGP-PD 10818Z (holotype), a complete skeleton in dorsal view, including the skull, carapace, a hyo-hypoplastron, limb elements, and caudal vertebrae
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Mammalia | |
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Anthracotheriidae indet.6, Anthracochoerus stehlini6, Anthracochoerus fabianii6, Anthracotherium monsvialense6
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Archaeopteropus transiens n. gen. n. sp.
Archaeopteropus transiens n. gen. n. sp. Meschinelli 1903 bat | |
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Amphibia | |
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