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

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Pesciara Formation, 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; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: Specimens in Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Verona

Primary reference: A. B. P. Massalongo. 1856. Prodromo di un'entomologia fossile del M. Bolca. Studii Paleontologici 11-21 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 122230: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 19.12.2011

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