Monte Bolca (Canossa collection): Ypresian, Italy
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Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Geography
| Country: | Italy |
| Coordinates: | 45.6° North, 11.2° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.4° North, 18.6° East (Wright 2013) |
| 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 - 48.07 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, M. Uhen, P. Holroyd | Enterer: | J. Head, M. Uhen, P. Holroyd |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-09-30 14:06:02 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-09-30 14:06:02 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 14695. | A. Massalongo. 1859. Specimen photographicum animalium quorundam plantaumque fossilium agri veronensis [J. Head/J. Head/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
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