PBDB Collection

Monte Duello (Eocene of Italy)

Where: Italy (45.5° N, 10.8° E: paleocoordinates 40.7° N, 8.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: MALF1 nannofossil zone, Nummulitic Limestone Member (Trucco Formation), Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• Part of Priabonian trilogy. MALF1 is lower part of SBZ17 of Serra-Kiel et al 1998

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: sand shoal; lithified limestone

• Described as a bank, but probably a foraminiferal shoal

• thin Nummulites-Discocyclina-Lithothamnium banks

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. O. Zorzin, S. T. Castellani, V. I. Frisone and E. R. Quaggiotto. 2012. Le campagne di scavo del Museo Paleontologico di Roncà in località Monte Duello (Comune di Montecchia di Crosara) e Valle della Chiesa (Comune di Roncà), nei Monti Lessini veronesi (Italia settentrionale): primi risultati. Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona 36:53-62 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 177603: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 06.04.2016

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	Eoconus brongniarti Eoconus brongniarti
Gastropoda
-	Gastropoda indet. Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Neritoidea - Neritidae	Velates perversus Velates perversus Gmelin 1791 snail
Cerithioidea - Potamididae	Potamides cf. corrugatum Potamides cf. corrugatum Brongniart 1825 horn snail
Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae	Cerithium sp. Cerithium sp. Bruguière 1789 cerith snail
Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae	Ampullina sp., Ampullina vulcani Ampullina sp. Férussac 1822 snail Ampullina vulcani Brongniart 1823 snail
Sorbeoconcha - Campanilidae	Campanile cf. lachesis Campanile cf. lachesis snail
Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae	Stromboconus suessi Stromboconus suessi true conch
Sorbeoconcha - Seraphsidae	Seraphs cf. sopitus Seraphs cf. sopitus snail
Trochoidea - Trochidae	Tectus cf. saemanni, Trochus sp. Tectus cf. saemanni top snail Trochus sp. Linnaeus 1758 top snail
Bivalvia
-	Bivalvia indet. Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
Ostreida - Ostreidae	Ostrea sp. Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
Pectinida - Limidae	"Lima (Ctenoides) postalensis" = Ctenoides, "Lima (Ctenoides) sp." = Ctenoides "Lima (Ctenoides) postalensis" = Ctenoides file clam "Lima (Ctenoides) sp." = Ctenoides Mörch 1853 file clam
Arcida - Arcidae	"Barbatia (Rostarca) roncana" = Rostarca "Barbatia (Rostarca) roncana" = Rostarca clam
Lucinida - Lucinidae	Fimbria lamellosa, Pseudomiltha sp. Fimbria lamellosa clam Fimbria lamellosa roncaensis Pseudomiltha sp. Fischer 1887 clam
Pholadida - Corbulidae	Bicorbula altavillensis Bicorbula altavillensis clam
Cardiida - Chamidae	Chama latecostata, Chama cf. punctata Chama latecostata jewel box Chama cf. punctata jewel box
Cardiida - Cardiidae	"Habecardium cf. cordorotundum" = Laevicardium (Habecardium) "Habecardium cf. cordorotundum" = Laevicardium (Habecardium) cockle
Cardiida - Tellinidae	Tellina sp. Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
Cardiida - Gastrochaenidae	Gastrochaena sp. Gastrochaena sp. Spengler 1783 clam
Carditida - Crassatellidae	Crassatella sp. Crassatella sp. Lamarck 1799 clam
Carditida - Carditidae	Venericardia roncana, Venericardia sp. Venericardia roncana clam Venericardia sp. Lamarck 1801 clam
Anthozoa
-	Anthozoa indet. Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834
Foraminifera
Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae	Nummulites brongnarti Nummulites brongnarti