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

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• 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).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; shelly/skeletal limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, soft parts

Reposited in the MCZ, MfN

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

• Repository: collection of Canossa (material later separated, some going to Museum fur Naturkunde and some to Museum of Comparative Zoology)

Primary reference: A. Massalongo. 1859. Specimen photographicum animalium quorundam plantaumque fossilium agri veronensis [J. Head/J. Head/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 55239: authorized by Jason Head, entered by Jason Head on 30.09.2005, edited by Mark Uhen and Patricia Holroyd

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