Monte Postale, Monte Bolca (Museo di Storia Naturale di Verona collection): Ypresian, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Panopeidae
Beschin et al. 2016
Malacostraca - Decapoda
Beschin et al. 2016
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Xanthidae
Beschin et al. 2016
Beschin et al. 2016
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carpiliidae
Beschin et al. 2016
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Parthenopidae
Beschin et al. 2016
Beschin et al. 2016
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Pilumnidae
Beschin et al. 2016
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Raninidae
Beschin et al. 2011
Busulini et al. 2020
Malacostraca - Decapoda
Beschin et al. 2016
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Dynomenidae
Beschin et al. 2016
Malacostraca - Decapoda
Beschin et al. 2016
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Domeciidae
Beschin et al. 2016
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Porcellanidae
Beschin et al. 2016
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Galatheidae
Beschin et al. 2016
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Scyllaridae
Malacostraca - Isopoda - Cirolanidae
Robin et al. 2019
Malacostraca - Stomatopoda - Pseudosquillidae
Actinopteri - Kurtiformes - Apogonidae
Bannikov and Fraser 2016
Actinopteri - Pietschellidae
Bannikov and Carnevale 2011
Carnevale and Bannikov 2015
Actinopteri - Perciformes
Bannikov and Zorzin 2019
Marrama et al. 2020
Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Centrolophidae
Bannikov 2000
Chondrichthyes - Torpediniformes - Narcinidae
Marramà et al. 2018
Marramà et al. 2018
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Marramà et al. 2019
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Platyrhinidae
Marramà et al. 2020
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy State/province:Vicenze
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: Ypresian
Age range of interval: 56 - 48.07 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,trace
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection method comments: Repository: Museo di Storia Naturale di Verona (MCSNV)
Metadata
Database number:127545
Authorizer:C. Schweitzer, M. Uhen, M. Clapham Enterer:E. Johnson, M. Clapham, R. Valdez, M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:decapod,marine invertebrate
Created:2012-05-17 08:18:25 Last modified:2025-04-05 15:43:32
Access level:the public Released:2012-05-17 08:18:25
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
41572.decapod 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]

Secondary references:

75656 A. Bannikov and G. Carnevale. 2011. Enigmatic spiny-rayed fish from the Eocene of Monte Bolca, Italy. Geological Journal 46:52-62 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
67021 A. F. Bannikov. 2000. A new genus and species of putative centrolophid fish (Perciformes, Stromateoidei) from the Eocene of Bolca, northern Italy. Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona 24:37-46 [P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Novack-Gottshall]
73201 A. F. Bannikov and T. H. Fraser. 2016. A new genus and species of cardinalfish (Percomorpha, Apogonidae) from the Eocene of Bolca, northern Italy (Monte Postale site). Studi e ricerche sui giacimenti terziari di Bolca 17(14):13-23 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
72921 A. F. Bannikov and R. Zorzin. 2019. A new genus and species of incertae sedis percomorph fish (Perciformes) from the Eocene of Bolca in northern Italy, and a new genus for Psettopsis latellai Bannikov, 2005. Studi e ricerche sui giacimenti terziari di Bolca 19:5-15 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
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]
82155 C. Beschin, A. Busulini, M. Calvagno, G. Tessier, and R. Zorzin. 2017. Ypresian decapod crustacean faunas from the coral-algal environments in the Eastern Lessini Mountains (Vicenza and Verona territory - NE Italy): a comparative analysis. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 188(13) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
71784 C. Beschin, A. De Angeli, and R. Zorzin. 2011. Il genere Lophoranina Fabiani, 1910 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Raninidae) nel Terziario dei Lessini veronesi (Italia settentrionale). Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona 35:33-56 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
82158 A. Busulini, R. Zorzin, C. Beschin and G. Tessier. 2020. Lophoranina maxima Beschin, Busulini, De Angeli & Tessier, 2004 (Decapoda Brachyura, Raninidae) from Lower Eocene laminites of the "Pesciara di Bolca" (Verona, northeast Italy). Geologija 63:57-66 [M. Clapham/R. Valdez/M. Clapham]
73205 G. Carnevale and A. Bannikov. 2015. Pietschellidae fam. nov., a new family of miniature percomorph fishes from the Eocene of Bolca, with the description of a new genus and species. Studi e ricerche sui giacimenti terziari di Bolca 16(13):17-26 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
76660 G. Marramà, K. M. Claeson, G. Carnevale, and J. Kriwet. 2018. Revision of Eocene electric rays (Torpediniformes, Batomorphii) from the Bolca Konservat- Lagerstätte, Italy, reveals the first fossil embryo in situ in marine batoids and provides new insights into the origin of trophic novelties in coral reef fishes. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 16(14):1189-1219 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
680 G. Marrama, A. F. Bannikov, and G. Carnevale. 2020. An Eocene scorpionfish from Monte Postale (Bolca Lagerstätte, northeastern Italy). Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana 59(2):105-112 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/M. Uhen]
2674 G. Marramà, G. Carnevale, K. M. Claeson, G. J. P. Naylor, and J. Kriwet. 2020. Revision of the Eocene ‘Platyrhina’ species from the Bolca Lagerstätte (Italy) reveals the first panray (Batomorphii: Zanobatidae) in the fossil record. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 18(18):1519-1542 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]
72428 G. Marramà, A. Engelbrecht, G. Carnevale and J. Kriwet. 2019. Eocene sand tiger sharks (Lamniformes, Odontaspididae) from the Bolca Konservat- Lagerstätte, Italy: palaeobiology, palaeobiogeography and evolutionary significance. Historical Biology 31(2):102-116 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
91546 N. Robin, G. Marramà, R. Vonk, J. Kriwet, and G. Carnevale. 2019. Eocene isopods on electric rays: tracking ancient biological interactions from a complex fossil record. Palaeontology 62:287-303 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]