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 Roncà Formation), Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)
• Nummulitic limestone, Orizzonte di Roncà, 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 | |
| Malacostraca | |
"Sphaeroma catulloi n. sp." = Palaega catulloi3
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| Bivalvia | |
Hemicardium degregorii n. sp.3
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| Cephalopoda | |
"Nautilus leonicensis n. sp." = Cimomia leonicensis3
"Nautilus leonicensis n. sp." = Cimomia leonicensis3 de Zigno 1881 | |
| Chondrichthyes | |
Pristis bassani n. sp.3
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| Reptilia | |
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Palaeophis oweni n. sp.3
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"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
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| Mammalia | |
"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
"Halitherium curvidens n. sp." = Prototherium veronense de Zigno 1875 dugong | |
| Actinopteri | |
"Coelorhynchus rectus" = Cylindracanthus rectus3
"Coelorhynchus rectus" = Cylindracanthus rectus3 Agassiz 1843 | |