Monte Postale, Monte Bolca (Museo di Storia Naturale di Verona collection) (Eocene of Italy)

Where: Vicenze, Italy (45.6° N, 11.2° E: paleocoordinates 37.3° N, 10.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: trace

Collection methods: Repository: Museo di Storia Naturale di Verona (IGVR)

Primary reference: A. De Angeli and A. Garassino. 2008. Pseudosquilla lessinea n. sp. (Crustacea, Stomatopoda, Pseudosquillidae) and Scyllarides bolcensis n. sp. (Crustacea, Decapoda, Scyllaridae) from the lower Eocene (Ypresian) of Monte Postale (Altissimo, Vicenza, NE Italy). Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 149(2):167-178 [C. Schweitzer/E. Johnson/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 127545: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Evaline Johnson on 17.05.2012, edited by Mark Uhen, Matthew Clapham and Rosa Valdez

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Taxonomic list

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Chondrichthyes
 Rajiformes - Platyrhinidae
Eoplatyrhina bolcensis n. gen.10
Eoplatyrhina bolcensis n. gen.10 Agassiz 1835 guitarfish
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Brachycarcharias lerichei11
Brachycarcharias lerichei11 Casier 1946 sand tiger shark
Actinopteri
 Perciformes -
Scorpaenoidei indet.9, Quasinectes durello n. gen. n. sp.4
Scorpaenoidei indet.9 Garman 1899 perch-like fish
Quasinectes durello n. gen. n. sp.4 Bannikov and Zorzin 2019 perch-like fish
 Scombriformes - Centrolophidae
Zorzinia postalensis n. gen. n. sp.1
Zorzinia postalensis n. gen. n. sp.1 Bannikov 2000
 Kurtiformes - Apogonidae
Leptolumamia vetula n. gen. n. sp.3
Leptolumamia vetula n. gen. n. sp.3 Bannikov and Fraser 2016 Cardinalfish
 Teleostei - Pietschellidae
Nickcaves pterygocephalus n. gen. n. sp.8, Pietschellus aenigmaticus n. gen. n. sp.2
Nickcaves pterygocephalus n. gen. n. sp.8 Carnevale and Bannikov 2015
Pietschellus aenigmaticus n. gen. n. sp.2 Bannikov and Carnevale 2011
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Dynomenidae
Kromtitis subovatus5
Kromtitis subovatus5 Beschin et al. 2007 crab
 Decapoda -
Dromiopsis ceratoi5, Eotrachynotocarcinus airaghi5
Dromiopsis ceratoi5 Beschin et al. 2016 crab
 Decapoda - Domeciidae
Palmyria levigata5
Palmyria levigata5 Beschin et al. 2016 crab
 Decapoda -
Prochlorodius ellipticus5
Prochlorodius ellipticus5 Muller and Collins 1991 crab
 Decapoda - Xanthidae
Phlyctenodes multituberculatus5, Etisus arduinoi5
Phlyctenodes multituberculatus5 Beschin et al. 2007 stone crab
Etisus arduinoi5 Beschin et al. 2007 stone crab
 Decapoda - Panopeidae
Panopeus postalensis n. sp.5
Panopeus postalensis n. sp.5 Beschin et al. 2016 crab
 Decapoda - Parthenopidae
Mesolambrus declinatus5, Mesolambrus ypresianus5
Mesolambrus declinatus5 Muller and Collins 1991 crab
Mesolambrus ypresianus5 Beschin et al. 2015 crab
 Decapoda - Carpiliidae
Carpilius petreus5
Carpilius petreus5 Beschin et al. 2007 crab
 Decapoda - Pilumnidae
Lobogalenopsis quadrilobata5
Lobogalenopsis quadrilobata5 Lörenthey 1898 crab
 Decapoda - Raninidae
Lophoranina straeleni6, Lophoranina maxima7
Lophoranina straeleni6 Via 1959 crab
Lophoranina maxima7 Beschin and Busulini 2004 crab
 Decapoda - Galatheidae
Acanthogalathea devecchii5
Acanthogalathea devecchii5 Beschin et al. 2016 decapod
 Decapoda - Porcellanidae
Petrolisthes lineatus5
Petrolisthes lineatus5 Beschin et al. 2016 decapod
 Decapoda - Scyllaridae
Scyllarides bolcensis n. sp.
Scyllarides bolcensis n. sp. De Angeli and Garassino 2008 slipper lobster
 Stomatopoda - Pseudosquillidae
Pseudosquilla lessinea n. sp.
Pseudosquilla lessinea n. sp. De Angeli and Garassino 2008 mantis shrimp
1Bannikov 2000; 2Bannikov and Carnevale 2011; 3Bannikov and Fraser 2016; 4Bannikov and Zorzin 2019; 5Beschin et al. 2016; 6Beschin et al. 2011; 7Busulini et al. 2020; 8Carnevale and Bannikov 2015; 9Marrama et al. 2020; 10Marramà et al. 2020; 11Marramà et al. 2019