Monte Duello (Eocene of Italy)

Also known as Monte Zuello

Where: Verona, Italy (45.8° N, 11.3° E: paleocoordinates 41.0° N, 9.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Nummulitic limestone Member (Orizzonte di RoncĂ  Formation), Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• Nummulitic limestone, Orizzonte di RoncĂ , Bartonian, late middle Eocene

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: A. de Zigno. 1875. Sirenii fossili trovati nel Veneto. Memorie del Reale Instituto veneto di scienze, lettere ed arti 18:427-456 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 48159: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 15.03.2005, edited by Philip Mannion

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Hercoglossidae
"Nautilus leonicensis n. sp." = Cimomia leonicensis3
"Nautilus leonicensis n. sp." = Cimomia leonicensis3 de Zigno 1881 nautiloid
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Hemicardium degregorii n. sp.3 de Zigno 1881 cockle
Malacostraca
 Isopoda - Cirolanidae
"Sphaeroma catulloi n. sp." = Palaega catulloi3
"Sphaeroma catulloi n. sp." = Palaega catulloi3 de Zigno 1881 pill bug
Chondrichthyes
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatis elegans2 eagle ray
[entered as Myliobates elegans]
Myliobatis ombonii2 eagle ray
[entered as Myliobates ombonii]
 Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Pristis bassani n. sp.3 de Zigno 1881 sawfish
Osteichthyes
 Acipenseriformes -
"Coelorhynchus rectus" = Cylindracanthus rectus3
"Coelorhynchus rectus" = Cylindracanthus rectus3 Agassiz 1843 ray-finned fish
Mammalia
 Sirenia - Dugongidae
"Halitherium veronense n. sp." = Prototherium veronense, "Halitherium angustifrons n. sp." = Prototherium veronense, "Paraliosiren suessi" = Prototherium veronense1, "Halitherium curvidens n. sp." = Prototherium veronense
"Halitherium veronense n. sp." = Prototherium veronense de Zigno 1875 dugong
"Halitherium angustifrons n. sp." = Prototherium veronense de Zigno 1875 dugong
"Paraliosiren suessi" = Prototherium veronense1 de Zigno 1875 dugong
"Halitherium curvidens n. sp." = Prototherium veronense de Zigno 1875 dugong
Reptilia
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx cf. capellinii2 Negri 1892 softshell turtle
 Squamata - Palaeophiidae
Palaeophis oweni n. sp.3 de Zigno 1881 snake
MGP-PD 6981Z - lectotype
 Crocodylia - Gavialidae
"Crocodylus arduini n. sp." = Megadontosuchus arduini2
"Crocodylus arduini n. sp." = Megadontosuchus arduini2 De Zigno 1880 crocodilian
MGPD 1Z - lectotype (a nearly complete skull with lower jaws); Referred material: MGPD 5Z (skull lacking the anterior part of the rostrum), MGPD 4Z (anterior part of the rostrum belonging to specimen MGPD 5Z), MGPD 6Z (fragment of a right mandibular ramus, lacking retroarticular process), MGPD 8Z (nearly complete mandibular ramus [probably these remains belong to the original type series]), MGPD 24Z (cervical vertebra) and MGPD 25Z (dorsal vertebra) - see Piras et al. 2007