Monte Purga, Vestenanova di Bolca: Early Eocene, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Goniodromitidae
Paradistefania piccolii Beschin et al. 2015
Beschin et al. 2016
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Diogenidae
Beschin et al. 2016
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Georgalis and Joyce 2017
MGP-PD 12883 - syntype
Georgalis and Joyce 2017
MGP-PD 12806 - type
Negri 1892
MGP-PD 5157 (holotype), almost complete skeleton, including the plastron and carapace, all limb elements, and partial skull and mandible
Bergounioux 1954
MGP-PD 12814 (holotype), a complete carapace
Reptilia - Testudines - Podocnemididae
Emys capellinii n. sp. De Zigno 1890
Lapparent de Broin 2003
Reptilia
Crocodylus vicetinus n. sp. Lioy 1865
Asiatosuchus sp.
Crocodylus bolcensis n. sp. Sacco 1895
Pristichampsus cf. rollinati
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy State/province:Verona
Coordinates: 45.6° North, 11.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.4° North, 18.6° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Eocene
Stage: Ypresian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 2
Key time interval: Early Eocene
Age range of interval: 56 - 48.07 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Giusberti et al. 2014: The age of the fossiliferous beds is quite debated: Fabiani (1915) referred them to the “Auversian” (=Bartonian), whereas Malaroda (1954) proposed a middle-late Lutetian age. Finally, Barbieri & Medizza (1969) ascribed these problematic beds to the “Cuisian”. In the 19th century, various authors correlated the palm-bearing beds of Vegroni and Praticini with the Oligocene beds cropping out in various localities of the Vicenza Province (e.g., Massalongo, 1858a, b; Molon, 1867; Nicolis, 1884). The entire continental succession of Bolca is clearly in need of a modern stratigraphic revision.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:estuary/bay
Geology comments: sediments of fresh or brackish water outcrop
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Monte Bolca
Database number:144537
Authorizer:P. Mannion, D. Nicholson, M. Uhen, E. Vlachos Enterer:P. Mannion, D. Nicholson, E. Vlachos, M. Uhen
Modifier:G. Varnham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2013-05-10 20:35:39 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2013-05-10 20:35:39
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
46758. T. Kotsakis, M. Delfino, and P. Piras. 2004. Italian Cenozoic crocodilians: taxa, timing and palaeobiogeographic implications. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 210:67-87 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]

Secondary references:

64253 F. M. Bergounioux. 1954. Les chéloniens fossiles des terrains tertiaires de la Vénétie. Memorie degli Istituti di geologia e mineralogia dell’Universita di Padova 18:1-115 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]
71455 C. Beschin, A. Busulini, G. Tessier and R. Zorzin. 2016. I crostacei associati a coralli nell’Eocene inferiore dell’area di Bolca (Verona e Vicenza, Italia nordorientale). Memorie del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona - 2. serie, Sezione Scienze della Terra 9:1-189 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
62147 G. L. Georgalis and W. G. Joyce. 2017. A Review of the Fossil Record of Old World Turtles of the Clade Pan-Trionychidae. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 58(1):115-208 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/P. Mannion]
58692 F. Lapparent de Broin. 2003. Neochelys sp. (Chelonii, Erymnochelyinae), from Silveirinha, early Eocene, Portugal. Ciencias da Terra (UNL) 15:117-132 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]
64252 A. Negri. 1892. Trionici eocenici ed oligocenici del Veneto. Memorie della Società Italiana di Scienze 8:1-53 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]