Monte Duello: Bartonian, Italy
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Ornithonemus sp.
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Altichieri 1980 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
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Crocodylus arduini n. sp.
De Zigno 1880
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Altichieri 1980 | |||||||||
| recombined as Megadontosuchus arduini | ||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Palaeophiidae
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Palaeophis oweni n. sp.
de Zigno 1881
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de Zigno 1881 | |||||||||
| MGP-PD 6981Z - lectotype | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionyx cf. capellinii
Negri 1892
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Altichieri 1980 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Sirenia
- Dugongidae
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Halitherium veronense n. sp.
de Zigno 1875
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Prototherium veronense | ||||||||||
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Halitherium curvidens n. sp.
de Zigno 1875
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| synonym of Prototherium veronense | ||||||||||
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Halitherium angustifrons n. sp.
de Zigno 1875
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| synonym of Prototherium veronense | ||||||||||
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Paraliosiren suessi
Abel 1906
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Abel 1906 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| synonym of Prototherium veronense | ||||||||||
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Acipenseriformes
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Coelorhynchus rectus
Agassiz 1843
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de Zigno 1881 | |||||||||
| recombined as Cylindracanthus rectus | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Myliobatidae
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Myliobatis elegans
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Altichieri 1980 | |||||||||
| [entered as Myliobates elegans] | ||||||||||
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Myliobatis ombonii
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Altichieri 1980 | |||||||||
| [entered as Myliobates ombonii] | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Rhinopristiformes
- Pristidae
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Pristis bassani n. sp.
de Zigno 1881
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de Zigno 1881 | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Hercoglossidae
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Nautilus leonicensis n. sp.
de Zigno 1881
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de Zigno 1881 | |||||||||
| recombined as Cimomia leonicensis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Hemicardium degregorii n. sp.
de Zigno 1881
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de Zigno 1881 | |||||||||
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Malacostraca
- Isopoda
- Cirolanidae
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Sphaeroma catulloi n. sp.
de Zigno 1881
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de Zigno 1881 | |||||||||
| recombined as Palaega catulloi | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Italy | State/province: | Verona | County: | Roncà |
| Coordinates: | 45.8° North, 11.3° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 41.0° North, 9.2° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Bartonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Bartonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 41.20000 - 37.71000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Orizzonte di Roncà | Member: | Nummulitic limestone | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Nummulitic limestone, Orizzonte di Roncà, Bartonian, late middle Eocene | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Articulated whole bodies: | some |
| Associated major elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Monte Zuello | ||
| Database number: | 48159 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen, P. Mannion | Enterer: | M. Uhen, P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-03-15 10:05:47 | Last modified: | 2020-09-25 16:33:07 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-03-15 10:05:47 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 36621. | 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] |
Secondary references:
| 25371 | O. Abel. 1906. Die Milchmolaren der Sirenen. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie 1906(2):50-60 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/T. Liebrecht] | |
| 12903 | L. Altichieri. 1980. Il giacimento di Monte Duello (Verona). I vertebrat fossili italiani-Catalog della Mostra Verona 159-160 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 18727 | A. de Zigno. 1881. Nuove aggiunte alla fauna Eocena del Veneto. Memorie del Reale Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti 21:775-790 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 12966 | D. P. Domning. 1996. Bibliography and Index of the Sirenia and Desmostylia. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 80:1-611 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 73019 | G. L. Georgalis, L. del Favero, and M. Delfino. 2020. Italy’s largest snake: Redescription of Palaeophis oweni from the Eocene of Monte Duello, near Verona. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 65(3):523-533 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 46543 | P. Piras, M. Delfino, L. Favero and T. Kotsakis. 2007. Phylogenetic position of the crocodylian Megadontosuchus arduini and tomistomine palaeobiogeography. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 52(2):315-328 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |