Where: Verona, Italy (45.5° N, 10.9° E: paleocoordinates 37.3° N, 9.9° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Chiusole Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)
• Occurs within zones NP13 and CP11 based on microfossil assemblage analysis
Environment/lithology: marine; limestone
•corresponds to the fish and plant-bearing interval
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Primary reference: L. Giusberti, A. Bannikov, F. B. Galazzo, E. Fornaciari, J. Frieling, V. Luciana, C. A. Pappazoni, G. Roghi, S. Schouten, A. Sluijs, F. R. Bosellini and R. Zorzin. 2014. A new Fossil-Lagerstätte from the Lower Eocene of Lessini Mountains (northern Italy): A multidisciplinary approach. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 403:1-15 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 190957: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 31.12.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Actinopteri | |
Anguilliformes indet. Greenwood et al. 1966 eel | |
Clupeidae indet. Cuvier 1817 herring | |
cf. Eomyctophum sp. Danil'chenko 1947 lanternfish | |
Perciformes indet. Bleeker 1859 perch-like fish | |
Trichiuroidei indet. perch-like fish | |
? Propercarinidae indet. Bannikov 1995 perch-like fish | |
Apogonidae indet. Bonaparte 1846 Cardinalfish | |
cf. Thyrsitoides sp. Fowler 1929 | |
Euzaphlegidae "n. gen. n. sp" Daniltshenko 1960 | |
cf. Anenchelum sp. de Blainville 1818 | |
cf. Scopeloides sp. Wettstein 1887 | |
Dombeyopsis | |
Dombeyopsis sp. Unger 1850 | |
Florideophyceae | |