Monte Bolca (Canossa collection): Ypresian, Italy
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Mesileia emiliae
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Jaekel 1894 | ||||||
Angiospermae
- Alismatales
- Posidoniaceae
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Posidocea frickingeri n. gen., n. sp.
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Gregor 1991 | ||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
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Promyliobatis gazolae n. gen., n. sp.
(de Zigno 1885)
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Jaekel 1894 | ||||||
recombined as Promyliobatis gazolai | |||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Dasyatidae
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Trygon dezignii
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Jaekel 1894 | ||||||
synonym of Dasyatis | |||||||
Trygon muricata
(Volta 1796)
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Jaekel 1894 | ||||||
recombined as Trygon muricatus | |||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Urolophidae
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Urolophus crassicaudula
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Jaekel 1894 | ||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
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Lessiniabatis aenigmatica n. gen., n. sp.
Marramà et al. 2019
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Marramà et al. 2019 | ||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Odontaspididae
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Brachycarcharias lerichei
(Casier 1946)
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Marramà et al. 2019 | ||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Triakidae
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Galeus cuvieri n. sp.
Agassiz 1835
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Jaekel 1894 | ||||||
recombined as Galeorhinus cuvieri | |||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Carcharhinidae
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Alopiopsis plejodon
Lioy 1865
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Jaekel 1894 | ||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Torpediniformes
- Narcinidae
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Narcine molini n. sp.
Jaekel 1894
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Jaekel 1894 | ||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Torpediniformes
- Torpedinidae
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Platyrhina gigantea
(de Blainville 1818)
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Jaekel 1894 | ||||||
recombined as Torpedo gigantea | |||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Rhinobatidae
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Rhinobatus dezignii
(Heckel 1853)
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Jaekel 1894 | ||||||
recombined as Pseudorhinobatos dezignii | |||||||
Rhinobatus primaerus
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Jaekel 1894 | ||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Platyrhinidae
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Platyrhina bolcensis
Heckel 1851
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Jaekel 1894 | ||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Zanobatidae
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Platyrhina egertoni
(de Zigno 1878)
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Jaekel 1894 | ||||||
recombined as Plesiozanobatus egertoni | |||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Galeidae
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Pseudogaleus voltai n. gen., n. sp.
Jaekel 1894
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Jaekel 1894 | ||||||
Actinopteri
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Acronuroides eocaenicus n. gen., n. sp.
Bannikov et al. 2019
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Bannikov et al. 2017 | ||||||
Actinopteri
- Caproiformes
- Antigoniidae
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Antigonia veronensis
Sorbini 1983
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Sorbini and Bottura 1988 | ||||||
Actinopteri
- Zeiformes
- Bajaichthyidae
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Bajaichthys elegans
Sorbini 1983
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Sorbini and Bottura 1988 | ||||||
Actinopteri
- Scombriformes
- Scombridae
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Orcynus latior n. sp.
Agassiz 1835
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Agassiz 1843 | ||||||
recombined as Thunnus latior | |||||||
Thynnus bolcensis
Agassiz 1835
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Woodward 1901 | ||||||
Orcynus lanceolatus n. gen., n. sp.
Agassiz 1835
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Agassiz 1843 | ||||||
recombined as Thunnus lanceolatus | |||||||
Actinopteri
- Lutjanidae
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Lessinia horrenda n. gen., n. sp.
Bannikov and Zorzin 2014
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Bannikov and Zorzin 2014 | ||||||
Actinopteri
- Acanthuriformes
- Acanthuridae
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Eorandallius n. gen. rectifrons
(Agassiz 1835)
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Blot and Tyler 1990 | ||||||
original and current combination Naseus rectifrons | |||||||
Eorandallius elegans n. sp.
Blot and Tyler 1990
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Blot and Tyler 1990 | ||||||
Tauichthys padremenini n. gen., n. sp.
Tyler 1999
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Tyler 1999 | ||||||
Acanthurus gazolai
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Blot and Tyler 1990 | ||||||
Acanthurus gaudryi
de Zigno 1887
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Blot and Tyler 1990 | ||||||
Proacanthurus bonatoi n. sp.
Blot and Tyler 1990
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Blot and Tyler 1990 | ||||||
Proacanthurus elongatus n. sp.
Blot and Tyler 1990
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Blot and Tyler 1990 | ||||||
Proacanthurus n. gen. tenuis
(Agassiz 1835)
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Blot and Tyler 1990 | ||||||
original and current combination Acanthurus tenuis | |||||||
Proacanthurus ovalis
(Agassiz 1839)
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Blot and Tyler 1990 | ||||||
original and current combination Acanthurus ovalis | |||||||
Tylerichthys nuchalis
(Agassiz 1835)
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Blot and Tyler 1990 | ||||||
original and current combination Naseus nuchalis | |||||||
Tylerichthys milani n. sp.
Blot and Tyler 1990
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Blot and Tyler 1990 | ||||||
Sorbinithurus sorbinii n. gen., n. sp.
Tyler 1999
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Tyler 1999 | ||||||
Metaspisurus emmanueli n. gen., n. sp.
Blot and Tyler 1990
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Blot and Tyler 1990 | ||||||
Acanthuroides massalongoi n. gen., n. sp.
Blot and Tyler 1990
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Blot and Tyler 1990 | ||||||
Metacanthurus veronensis n. gen., n. sp.
Blot and Tyler 1990
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Blot and Tyler 1990 | ||||||
Pesciarichthys punctatus n. gen., n. sp.
Blot and Tyler 1990
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Blot and Tyler 1990 | ||||||
Gazolaichthys vestenanovae n. gen., n. sp.
Blot and Tyler 1990
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Blot and Tyler 1990 | ||||||
Protozebrasoma bloti n. gen., n. sp.
Sorbini and Tyler 1998
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Sorbini and Tyler 1998 | ||||||
Lehmanichthys lessiniensis n. gen., n. sp.
Blot and Tyler 1990
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Blot and Tyler 1990 | ||||||
Actinopteri
- Tetraodontiformes
- Tetraodontidae
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Tetraodontidae indet.
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Tyler and Santini 2002 | ||||||
Eotetraodon pygmaeus
(Zigno 1887)
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Tyler and Santini 2002 | ||||||
original and current combination Tetrodon pygmaeus | |||||||
Actinopteri
- Tetraodontiformes
- Diodontidae
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Heptadiodon echinus
(Heckel 1853)
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Tyler and Santini 2002 | ||||||
original and current combination Enneodon echinus | |||||||
Zignodon fornasieroae n. gen., n. sp.
Tyler and Santini 2002
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Tyler and Santini 2002 | ||||||
Prodiodon erinaceus
(Agassiz 1844)
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Tyler and Santini 2002 | ||||||
original and current combination Diodon erinaceus | |||||||
Prodiodon tenuispinus
(Agassiz 1833)
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Tyler and Santini 2002 | ||||||
original and current combination Diodon tenuispinus | |||||||
Pshekhadiodon parini
Bannikov and Tyler 1997
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Tyler and Santini 2002 | ||||||
Actinopteri
- Tetraodontiformes
- Zignoichthyidae
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Zignoichthys oblongus
(Zigno 1874)
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Tyler and Santini 2002 | ||||||
original and current combination Ostracion oblongus | |||||||
Actinopteri
- Tetraodontiformes
- Molidae
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Molidae indet.
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Tyler and Santini 2002 | ||||||
Actinopteri
- Tetraodontiformes
- Triodontidae
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Triodontidae indet.
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Tyler and Santini 2002 | ||||||
Actinopteri
- Tetraodontiformes
- Triacanthidae
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Protacanthodes nimesensis
Tyler and Santini 2001
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Tyler and Santini 2002 | ||||||
Protacanthodes ombonii
de Zigno 1887
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Tyler and Santini 2002 | ||||||
Actinopteri
- Tetraodontiformes
- Aracanidae
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Proaracana dubia
(Blainville 1818)
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Tyler and Santini 2002 | ||||||
original and current combination Balistes dubius | |||||||
Actinopteri
- Tetraodontiformes
- Eoplectidae
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Eoplectus bloti
Tyler 1975
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Tyler and Santini 2002 | ||||||
Actinopteri
- Tetraodontiformes
- Moclaybalistidae
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Moclaybalistes danekrus n. gen., n. sp.
Tyler and Santini 2002
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Tyler and Santini 2002 | ||||||
Actinopteri
- Tetraodontiformes
- Monacanthidae
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Monacanthidae indet.
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Tyler and Santini 2002 | ||||||
Actinopteri
- Tetraodontiformes
- Balistidae
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Balistomorphus ovalis
(Agassiz 1842)
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Tyler and Santini 2002 | ||||||
Balistomorphus orbiculatus
(Heer 1865)
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Tyler and Santini 2002 | ||||||
Balistomorphus spinosus
(Agassiz 1842)
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Tyler and Santini 2002 | ||||||
Oligobalistes robustus
Danil'chenko 1960
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Tyler and Santini 2002 | ||||||
Actinopteri
- Tetraodontiformes
- Ostraciidae
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Ostraciidae indet.
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Tyler and Santini 2002 | ||||||
Eolactoria sorbinii
Tyler 1975
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Tyler and Santini 2002 | ||||||
Actinopteri
- Tetraodontiformes
- Bolcabalistidae
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Bolcabalistes varii
Tyler and Sorbini 1998
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Tyler and Santini 2002 | ||||||
Eospinus daniltshenkoi
Tyler and Bannikov 1992
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Tyler and Santini 2002 | ||||||
Actinopteri
- Tetraodontiformes
- Protobalistidae
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Protobalistum imperiale
(Massalongo 1857)
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Tyler and Santini 2002 | ||||||
recombined as Spinacanthus imperiale | |||||||
Spinacanthus cuneiformis
(Blainville 1818)
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Tyler and Santini 2002 | ||||||
original and current combination Blennius cuneiformis | |||||||
Actinopteri
- Labriformes
- Labridae
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Paralabrus rossiae n. gen., n. sp.
Bannikov and Zorzin 2019
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Bannikov and Zorzin 2019 | ||||||
Zorzinilabrus furcatus n. gen., n. sp.
Bannikov and Bellwood 2017
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Bannikov and Bellwood 2017 | ||||||
Actinopteri
- Perciformes
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Psettopsis latellai n. sp.
Bannikov 2005
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Bannikov 2005 | ||||||
recombined as Latellopsis latellai | |||||||
Pavarottia maiseyi n. sp.
Bannikov 2016
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Bannikov 2016 | ||||||
Actinopteri
- Perciformes
- Gobioidei
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Carlomonnius quasigobius n. gen., n. sp.
Bannikov and Carnevale 2016
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Bannikov and Carnevale 2016 | ||||||
Actinopteri
- Clupeiformes
- Clupeoidei
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Eoalosa janvieri n. gen., n. sp.
Marrama` and Carnevale 2018
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Marrama` and Carnevale 2018 | ||||||
Actinopteri
- Ellimmichthyiformes
- Paraclupeidae
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Eoellimmichthys superstes n. gen., n. sp.
Marramà et al. 2019
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Marramà et al. 2019 | ||||||
Reptilia
- Palaeophiidae
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Archaeophis proavus n. gen., n. sp.
Massalongo 1859
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1 specimen | ||||||
Reptilia
- Anomalophiidae
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Archaeophis bolcensis n. gen., n. sp.
Massalongo 1859
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1 specimen | ||||||
replaced by Anomalophis bolcensis | |||||||
Malacostraca
- Isopoda
- Sphaeromatidae
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Sphaeroma gasparellai
De Angeli and Lovato 2009
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Beschin et al. 2016 | ||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Italy |
Coordinates: | 45.6° North, 11.2° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 37.3° North, 10.3° East |
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
Stage: | Ypresian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
Key time interval: | Ypresian | ||
Age range of interval: | 56.00000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Initially assigned to the Lutetian. However, calcareous nannofossils attribute the classic Pesciara locality to the Discoaster sublodoensis Zone (NP14 or CP12) of uppermost Ypresian to lowermost Lutetian age. Larger foraminifera indicate the Alveolina dainellii Zone, and have limited abrasion so do not appear to be reworked. Therefore, biostratigraphy restricts the classic Pesciara locality to a narrow interval between the base of NP14 and the top of SBZ11, of late Ypresian age (Papazzoni et al., 2014). The lower-middle part of Monte Postale was also preliminarily assigned to SBZ11 of Ypresian age (Papazzoni & Trevisiani, 2009). |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | planar lamination,shelly/skeletal "limestone" |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: "The fossil-bearing section consits of several calcareous units (Figure 20.2). Exceptionally well preserved fossils are derived from units of laminated sheet limestones unlain by reefal limestones. Fish and plant fossils can be found at five levels. The beds containing fish and plant fossils show a varved structure in which relatively thick biomicritic laminae alternate in a regular pattern with very thin micritic laminae, which are homogenous and slightly clayey. The thicker biomicritic laminae contain silt-sized particles and foraminifera, ostracods, molluscs, and small thin-shelled gastropods. These biomicritic laminae are gradational with the micritic laminae, producing a graded bedding texture for each pair of laminae. Finely disseminated pyrite and bitumen can be found in these laminated beds. (pg. 369)" | |
Environment: | lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,mold/impression,soft parts |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | excellent |
Abundance in sediment: | abundant |
Articulated whole bodies: | many |
Associated major elements: | many |
Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | all macrofossils |
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,survey of museum collection,observed (not collected) |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | MCZ,MfN |
Collection method comments: Repository: collection of Canossa (material later separated, some going to Museum fur Naturkunde and some to Museum of Comparative Zoology) |
Metadata
Database number: | 55239 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Head, P. Holroyd, M. Uhen | Enterer: | J. Head, P. Holroyd, M. Uhen |
Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2005-09-30 14:06:02 | Last modified: | 2021-08-24 23:22:52 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-09-30 14:06:02 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
14695. | A. Massalongo. 1859. Specimen photographicum animalium quorundam plantaumque fossilium agri veronensis [J. Head/J. Head/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
38894 | L. Agassiz. 1843. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome I (18me livraison) xxxii-188 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Clapham] | |
72922 | A. F. Bannikov. 2005. A new species of Psettopsis (Perciformes, Monodactylidae) from the Eocene of northern Italy (Bolca) . Miscellanea Paleontologica n. 8. Studi e Ricerche sui Giacimenti Terziari di Bolca 11:141-148 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
73202 | A. F. Bannikov. 2016. A new species of the percoid fish genus Pavarottia (Perciformes) from the Eocene of Bolca, northern Italy. Studi e ricerche sui giacimenti terziari di Bolca 17(14):5-11 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
73206 | A. F. Bannikov and D. R. Bellwood. 2017. Zorzinilabrus furcatus, a new genus and species of labrid fish (Perciformes) from the Eocene of Bolca in northern Italy. Studi e ricerche sui giacimenti terziari di Bolca 18(15):5-14 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
73203 | A. F. Bannikov and G. Carnevale. 2016. †Carlomonnius quasigobius gen. et sp. nov.: The first gobioid fish from the Eocene of Monte Bolca, Italy. Bulletin of Geosciences 91(1):13-22 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
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73208 | A. F. Bannikov and R. Zorzin. 2019. Paralabrus rossiae, a new genus and species of putative labroid fish (Perciformes) from the Eocene of Bolca in northern Italy. Studi e ricerche sui giacimenti terziari di Bolca 19(16):39-47 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
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