Paleobiota of Monte Bolca
The Eocene-aged Monte Bolca fossil site near Verona, Italy was one of the first lagerstatte to be discovered to science, and still has one of the most prominent vertebrate faunas of all Cenozoic lagerstatte. It has the highest fish diversity of all known Cenozoic fossil sites, with many fossils having extremely detailed preservation. In addition, a very high diversity of marine invertebrates & land plants and a small number of land vertebrates are also known.
The Monte Bolca complex comprises two major marine limestone localities, the Pesciara (where fossils are found in caves) and the Monte Postale site (where fossils are directly quarried). The Pesciara is thought to represent a marine structural basin dominated by planktivorous fish, with an anoxic environment at the bottom that led to excellent preservation of fossils. Meanwhile, the Monte Postale site is thought to represent a turbid coastal area surrounded by mangroves, seagrass meadows, and coral reefs, with poorer fossil preservation.{{Cite journal |last1=Marramà |first1=Giuseppe |last2=Bannikov |first2=Alexandre F. |last3=Tyler |first3=James C. |last4=Zorzin |first4=Roberto |last5=Carnevale |first5=Giorgio |date=2016-07-15 |title=Controlled excavations in the Pesciara and Monte Postale sites provide new insights about the palaeoecology and taphonomy of the fish assemblages of the Eocene Bolca Konservat-Lagerstätte, Italy |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0031018216300694 |journal=Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology |volume=454 |pages=228–245 |doi=10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.04.021 |bibcode=2016PPP...454..228M |hdl=2318/1566931 |issn=0031-0182|hdl-access=free }} In addition, a few small, slightly younger lignitic sites that preserve a Messel Formation-esque freshwater or brackish habitat are known nearby, which are the Purga di Bolca and Vegroni sites. These sites preserve terrestrial reptiles, freshwater plants, and freshwater/terrestrial mollusks, which are otherwise rare to absent from the complex.{{Cite web |title=The Purga di Bolca-Vegroni sites. |url=https://iris.cnr.it/handle/20.500.14243/226948 |access-date=2024-08-31 |website=iris.cnr.it}}
Cartilaginous fishes
= Chimaeras =
class="wikitable" align="center"
! colspan="5" align="center" |Chimaeras reported from Monte Bolca |
Genus
!Species !Presence !Notes !Images |
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Ischyodus
|I. sp. |Monte Postale |A relative of plough-nosed chimaeras, known from a single dorsal spine. |
= Sharks =
class="wikitable" align="center"
! colspan="5" align="center" |Sharks reported from Monte Bolca |
Genus
!Species !Presence !Notes !Images |
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Brachycarcharias
|B. lerichei |Pesciara |A sand shark. | |
Eogaleus
|E. bolcensis |Pesciara & Monte Postale |A requiem shark. |
Galeorhinus
|Pesciara & Monte Postale |A relative of the school shark. |
An alleged specimen from Bolca of the otherwise Cretaceous shark Mesiteia emiliae has been found to actually originate from the Sannine Formation of Lebanon.
= Rays =
Ray-finned fishes
Primarily based on Papazzoni et al. 2014, with more recent taxa also added.{{Cite journal |last1=Carnevale |first1=G. |last2=Bannikov |first2=Alexandre F. |last3=Marramà |first3=G. |last4=Tyler |first4=James C. |last5=Zorzin. |first5=R. |date=2014 |title=The Bolca Fossil-Lagerstätte: A window into the Eocene World. 5. The Pesciara- Monte Postale Fossil-Lagerstätte: 2. Fishes and other vertebrates. Excursion guide |url=https://iris.unito.it/bitstream/2318/149338/1/Carnevale%20et%20al%202014%20The%20Pesciara%20F-L.%20Fishes%20and%20other%20vertebrates2.pdf |journal=Rendiconti della Società Paleontologica Italiana |volume=4 |issue=1 |pages=i–xxvii |hdl=10088/25678}} Taxonomic order and arrangement based on Fishes of the World (2016):{{Cite book |last1=Nelson |first1=Joseph S. |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781119174844 |title=Fishes of the World |last2=Grande |first2=Terry C. |last3=Wilson |first3=Mark V. H. |date=2016-02-22 |publisher=Wiley |doi=10.1002/9781119174844 |isbn=978-1-118-34233-6}}
= Pycnodontiformes =
class="wikitable" align="center"
!Genus !Species !Presence !Notes !Images |
Abdobalistum
|A. thyrsus | |A nursalliine pycnodont. | |
Nursallia
|N. veronae | |A nursalliine pycnodont. |
Palaeobalistum
|P. orbiculatum | |A nursalliine pycnodont. |
Pycnodus
|P. apodus | |A pycnodontine pycnodont. |
= Crossognathiformes =
class="wikitable" align="center"
!Genus !Species !Presence !Notes !Images |
Platinx
|P. macropterus | |A pachyrhizodontid, the last crossognathiform. |
= Osteoglossiformes =
class="wikitable" align="center"
!Genus !Species !Presence !Notes !Images |
Foreyichthys
|F. bolcensis | |A bonytongue. | |
Monopteros
|M. gigas | |A bonytongue. |
Thrissopterus
|T. catullii | |A bonytongue, related to the arapaima. | |
= Anguilliformes =
class="wikitable" align="center"
!Genus !Species !Presence !Notes !Images |
Anguilloides
|A. branchiostegalis | |An angulloidid eel. |
Bolcanguilla
|B. brachycephala | |An eel of uncertain affinities | |
rowspan="2" |Bolcyrus
|B. bajai | | rowspan="2" |A conger eel. |
B. formosissimus
| |
Dalpiazella
|D. brevicauda | |A paranguillid eel. |
Eoanguilla
|E. leptoptera | |An anguillid eel. | |
Gazolapodus
|G. homopterus | |An eel of uncertain affinities. | |
Goslinophis
|G. acuticaudus | |A snake-eel. |
Milananguilla
|M. lehmani | |A milanguillid eel. | |
Paracongroides
|P. heckeli | |A conger eel. | |
Paranguilla
|P. tigrina | |A paranguillid eel. |
Patavichthys
|P. bolcensis | |A patavichthyid eel. | |
Proteomyrus
|P. ventralis | |A proteomyrid eel. | |
Voltaconger
|V. latispinus | |A conger eel. |
Whitapodus
|W. breviculus | |A false moray. |
= Clupeiformes =
= Ellimmichthyiformes =
= Gonorynchiformes =
class="wikitable" align="center"
!Genus !Species !Presence !Notes !Images |
Chanos
| |
Coelogaster
|C. leptostea | |A relative of the milkfish. |
= Otophysi =
= Aulopiformes =
class="wikitable" align="center"
!Genus !Species !Presence !Notes !Images |
Holosteus
|H. esocinus | |A barracudina. |
= Lampriformes =
class="wikitable" align="center"
!Genus !Species !Presence !Notes !Images |
“Pegasus”
|P. volans | |Initially placed as a seamoth, but now considered a taenosome lampriform. | |
Veronavelifer
|V. sorbinii | |A sailfin velifer. |
Wettonius
|W. angeloi | |A sailfin velifer. (=Velifer carosii) | |
= Zeiformes =
class="wikitable" align="center"
!Genus !Species !Presence !Notes !Images |
Bajaichthys
|B. elegans | |A zeiform (initially considered a lamprimorph) |
= Holocentriformes =
class="wikitable" align="center"
!Genus !Species !Presence !Notes !Images |
Berybolcensis
|B. leptacanthus | |A basal holocentrid. |
Eoholocentrum
|E. macrocephalum | |A soldierfish. |
Tenuicentrum
|T. lanceolatum | |A basal holocentrid. |
= Ophidiiformes =
= Kurtiformes =
class="wikitable" align="center"
!Genus !Species !Presence !Notes !Images |
Apogoniscus
|A. pauciradiatus | |A cardinalfish. | |
Bolcapogon
|B. johnsoni | |A cardinalfish. | |
Eoapogon
|E. fraseri | |A cardinalfish. | |
Eosphaeramia
|E. pygopterus | |A cardinalfish. |
Leptolumamia
|L. vetula |Monte Postale | |
= Gobiiformes =
class="wikitable" align="center"
!Genus !Species !Presence !Notes !Images |
Carlomonnius
|C. quasigobius | |A gobioid of uncertain affinities.{{Cite web |title=†Carlomonnius quasigobius gen. et sp. nov.: the first gobioid fish from the Eocene of Monte Bolca, Italy |url=https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1632180 |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=iris.unito.it}} | |
= Ovalentaria =
class="wikitable" align="center"
!Genus !Species !Presence !Notes !Images |
Lorenzichthys
|L. olihan | |A damselfish. | |
Palaeopomacentrus
|P. orphae | |A damselfish. | |
Sorbinichromis
|S. francescoi | |A damselfish. | |
= Atheriniformes =
class="wikitable" align="center"
!Genus !Species !Presence !Notes !Images |
"Atherina"
|"A." macrocephala | |An Old World silverside. | |
Latellagnathus
|L. teruzzii | |A mesogasterid. | |
Mesogaster
|M. sphyraenoides | |A mesogasterid. |
Rhamphognathus
|R. paralepoides | |A rhamphognathid. |
= Beloniformes =
class="wikitable" align="center"
!Genus !Species !Presence !Notes !Images |
“Engraulis”
|E. evolans | |A flying fish. | |
Hemiramphus
| |A halfbeak. | |
Rhamphexocoetus
|R. volans | |A flying fish. | |
= Carangiformes =
class="wikitable" align="center"
!Genus !Species !Presence !Notes !Images |
Ceratoichthys
|C. pinnatiformis | |A bizarre carangid. |
Ductor
|D. vesternae | |A ductorid. |
Eastmanalepes
|E. primaevus | |A carangid. |
Lichia
| |A relative of the leerfish. |
rowspan="2" |Mene
| | rowspan="2" |A moonfish. |
M. rhombea
| |
Paratrachinotus
|P. tenuiceps | |A carangid. |
Seriola
| |A relative of amberjacks. |
Trachicaranx
|T. pleuronectiformis | |A carangid. |
Vomeropsis
|V. triurus | |A carangid. |
Zorzinia
|Z. postalensis |Monte Postale |A medusafish. | |
= Istiophoriformes =
class="wikitable" align="center"
!Genus !Species !Notes !Images |
rowspan="2" |Blochius
|B. longirostris |
B. macropterus
| |
Palaeorhynchus
|P. zorzini |A palaeorhynchid billfish. |
Sphyraena
|A barracuda. |
= Pleuronectiformes =
class="wikitable" align="center"
!Genus !Species !Presence !Notes !Images |
Amphistium
|A. paradoxum |Pesciara |An amphistiid flatfish. |
Eobothus
|E. minutus |Pesciara |A flatfish of uncertain affinities. |
Heteronectes
|H. chaneti |Monte Postale |A potentially amphistiid flatfish. | |
= Syngnathiformes =
class="wikitable" align="center"
!Genus !Species !Presence !Notes !Images |
Aeoliscoides
|A. longirostris | |A shrimpfish. |
rowspan="3" |Aulorhamphus
|A. bolcensis | | rowspan="3" |An aulorhamphid. | |
A. capellinii
| | |
A. chiarasorbiniae
| | |
Aulostomoides
|A. tyleri | |An indeterminate aulostomoid. | |
Calamostoma
|C. breviculum | |A relative of the ghost pipefish. |
rowspan="2" |Eoaulostomus
|E. bolcensis | | rowspan="2" |A relative of the trumpetfish. |
E. gracilis
| | |
rowspan="2" |Fistularioides
|F. phyllolepis | | rowspan="2" |A fistularioidid. | |
F. veronensis
| |
Jungersenichthys
|J. elongatus | |A relative of the trumpetfish. | |
Macraulostomus
|M. veronensis | |A relative of the trumpetfish. | |
Paraeoliscus
|P. robinetae | |A paraeoliscid. | |
Paramphisile
|P. weleri | |A shrimpfish. | |
Parasynarcualis
|P. longirostris | |A parasynarcualid. |
Pesciarhamphus
|P. carnevalei | |An aulorhamphid. | |
Prosolenostomus
|P. lessinii | |A pipefish. |
Pseudosyngnathus
|P. opisthopterus | |A fistularioidid. | |
Pterygocephalus
|P. paradoxus | |A relative of the flying gurnards. |
rowspan="6" |Rhamphosus
|R. biserratus | rowspan="6" |Pesciara | rowspan="6" |A rhamphosid.{{Cite journal |last1=CALZONI |first1=PIETRO |last2=AMALFITANO |first2=JACOPO |last3=GIUSBERTI |first3=LUCA |last4=MARRAMÀ |first4=GIUSEPPE |last5=CARNEVALE |first5=GIORGIO |date=2023-10-03 |title=EOCENE RHAMPHOSIDAE (TELEOSTEI: SYNGNATHIFORMES) FROM THE BOLCA LAGERSTÄTTE, ITALY |url=https://www.research.unipd.it/handle/11577/3496820 |journal=Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia |language=it |volume=129 |issue=3 |doi=10.54103/2039-4942/20707 |issn=2039-4942|hdl=11577/3496820 |hdl-access=free }} |
R. bloti
| |
R. brevirostris
| |
R. longispinatus
| |
R. rastrum
| |
R. tubulirostris
| |
Solenorhynchus
|S. elegans | |A relative of the ghost pipefish. | |
rowspan="2" |"Syngnathus"
|"S." bolcensis | | rowspan="2" |A pipefish. | |
"S." heckeli
| | |
rowspan="2" |Synhypuralis
|S. banisteri | | rowspan="2" |A relative of the trumpetfish. | |
S. jungerseni
| | |
Tyleria
|T. necopinata | |A relative of the trumpetfish. | |
Urosphen
|U. dubius | |A urosphenid. |
Veronarhamphus
|V. canossae | |An aulorhamphid. | |
= Callionymiformes =
class="wikitable" align="center"
!Genus !Species !Presence !Notes !Images |
Gilmourella
|G. minuta |Pesciara |A callonymoid. | |
= Scombriformes =
class="wikitable" align="center"
!Genus !Species !Presence !Notes !Images |
Auxides
|A. propterygius | |A scombrid. |
Godsilia
|G. lanceolata | |A scombrid. |
Pseudauxides
|P. speciosus | |A scombrid. |
Thunnoscomberoides
|T. bolcensis | |A scombrid. |
Veronaphleges
|V. brunae | |A euzaphlegid. | |
= Labriformes =
class="wikitable" align="center"
!Genus !Species !Presence !Notes !Images |
Bellwoodilabrus
|B. landinii | |A wrasse. | |
Eocoris
|E. bloti | |A wrasse. | |
"Labrus"
| |A labroid of uncertain affinities. | |
Labrobolcus
|L. giorgioi |Pesciara |A wrasse. | |
Paralabrus
|P. rossiae |Pesciara |A presumed wrasse. | |
Phyllopharyngodon
|P. longipinnis | |A wrasse related to hogfish and tuskfishes. |
Sorbinia
|S. caudopunctata | |A labroid of uncertain affinities. | |
Zorzinilabrus
|Z. furcatus |Pesciara |A wrasse. | |
= Perciformes =
Using the sensu lato definition of Perciformes and Percoidei:
class="wikitable" align="center"
!Genus !Species !Presence !Notes !Images |
Acanthopygaeus
|A. agassizi | |A relative of rabbitfish. | |
Acropoma
| |A lanternbelly. |
Aspesiganus
|A. margaritae | |A relative of rabbitfish. | |
Aspesiperca
|A. ruffoi | |Possibly a mojarra. | |
Bassanichthys
|B. pesciaraensis |Pesciara |An eocottid. |
Blotichthys
|B. coleanus | |A percoid of uncertain affinities. |
Bolcaperca
|B. craccorum | |A percoid of uncertain affinities.{{Cite web |last=Museo |first=Comune Verona- |date=2019-10-17 |title=Museo di Storia Naturale - Vol. 23 (2023) |url=https://museodistorianaturale.comune.verona.it/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=91940 |access-date=2024-08-31 |website=museodistorianaturale.comune.verona.it |language=it}} | |
rowspan="2" |Bradyurus
|B. alessandroi | | rowspan="2" |A percoid of uncertain affinities.{{Cite web |last=Museo |first=Comune Verona- |date=2019-10-17 |title=Museo di Storia Naturale - Vol. 22 (2022) |url=https://museodistorianaturale.comune.verona.it/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=83839 |access-date=2024-08-31 |website=museodistorianaturale.comune.verona.it |language=it}} | |
B. szainochae
| |
Callipteryx
|C. speciosus | |A callipterygid.{{Cite journal |last1=Bannikov |first1=Alexandre F. |last2=Zorzin |first2=Roberto |date=2023 |title=On the osteology and relationships of the genus †Callipteryx Agassiz (Perciformes s.l.) from the Eocene of Bolca in northern Italy |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/380184951 |journal=Studi e ricerche sui giacimenti terziari di Bolca, XXIII - Miscellanea Paleontologica |volume=20 |pages=35–44}} | |
Carangodes
|C. bicornis | |A carangodid. |
rowspan="2" |Carangopsis
|C. brevis | | rowspan="2" |A relative of bluefish. |
C. dorsalis
| |
Cyclopoma
|C. gigas | |Either a temperate perch or a relative of snooks. |
Eocottus
|E. veronensis | |An eocottid. |
Eolates
|E. gracilis | |A lates perch. |
Eoleiognathus
|E. dorsalis | |A ponyfish. |
Eoscatophagus
|E. frontalis | |A scat. |
Exellia
|E. velifer | |An exellid. |
Frigoichthys
|F. margaritae | |A percoid of uncertain affinities. | |
Frippia
|F. labriformis | |A percoid of uncertain affinities. | |
Gillidia
|G. antiqua | |A percoid of uncertain affinities. | |
Goujetia
|G. crassispina | |A snapper. | |
Hendrixella
|H. grandei | |A robertanniid. | |
Jimtylerius
|J. temnopterus | |A percoid of uncertain affinities. |
Latellopsis
|L. latellai | | |
rowspan="2" |Lessinia
|L. horrenda | | rowspan="2" |A snapper. | |
L. sp.
| | |
Malacopygaeus
|M. oblongus | |A percoid of uncertain affinities. |
Montepostalia
|M. annamariae |Monte Postale |A percoid of uncertain affinities. |
rowspan="2" |Ottaviania
|O. leptacanthus | | rowspan="2" |A snapper. | |
O. mariae
| | |
Parapelates
|P. quindecimalis | |A percoid of uncertain affinities. | |
rowspan="3" |Pavarottia
|P. astescalpone |Monte Postale | rowspan="3" |A pavarottiid. | |
P. lonardonii
|Monte Postale | |
P. maiseyi
|Pesciara | |
Pristigenys
| |A bigeye. |
Psettopsis
|P. subarcuatus | |A moonyfish. |
rowspan="3" |Pygaeus
|P. bolcanus | | rowspan="3" |A percoid of uncertain affinities. |
P. nobilis
| |
P. nuchalis
| |
Quasimullus
|Q. sorbinii | |A quasimullid. | |
Robertannia
|R. sorbiniorum | |A robertanniid. | |
rowspan="2" |Ruffoichthys
|R. bannikovi | | rowspan="2" |A relative of rabbitfish. | |
R. spinosus
| |
Squamibolcoides
|S. minciottii | |A percoid of uncertain affinities. |
Stefanichthys
|S. mariannae | |A percoid of uncertain affinities. | |
Veranichthys
|V. ventralis | |A snapper. | |
Veronabrax
|V. schizurus | |A percoid of uncertain affinities. |
rowspan="2" |Zaiaichthys
|Z. postalensis | | |
Z. wattersi
| | |
= Scorpaeniformes =
class="wikitable" align="center"
!Genus !Species !Presence !Notes !Images |
Scorpaenoidei indet.
| |Monte Postale |A scorpionfish of uncertain affinities.{{Cite journal |last1=Maramma |first1=Giuseppe |last2=Bannikov |first2=Alexandre F. |last3=Carnevale |first3=Giorgio |date=2020 |title=An Eocene scorpionfish from Monte Postale (Bolca Lagerstätte, northeastern Italy) |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/343152628 |journal=Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana |volume=59 |issue=2 |pages=105–112}} | |
= Moroniformes =
class="wikitable" align="center"
!Genus !Species !Presence !Notes !Images |
Archaephippus
|A. asper | |A spadefish. |
Eoplatax
|E. papilio | |A spadefish. |
= Acanthuriformes =
class="wikitable" align="center"
!Genus !Species !Presence !Notes !Images |
Acanthonemus
|A. subaureus | |An acanthonemid. |
Acanthuroides
|A. massalongoi | |A surgeonfish. | |
Angiolinia
|A. mirabilis |Pesciara |A zanclid. | |
rowspan="2" |Eorandallius
|E. elegans | | rowspan="2" |A surgeonfish. | |
E. rectifrons
| |
Eozanclus
|E. brevirostris | |A zanclid. |
Frigosorbinia
|F. baldwinae | |A surgeonfish. | |
Gazolaichthys
|G. vestenanovae | |A surgeonfish. |
Lehmanichthys
|L. lessiniensis | |A surgeonfish. |
Massalongius
|M. gazolai | |A massalongiid. |
Metacanthurus
|M. veronensis | |A surgeonfish. | |
Metaspisurus
|M. emmanueli | |A surgeonfish. | |
Padovathurus
|P. gaudryi | |A surgeonfish. | |
Pesciarichthys
|P. punctatus | |A surgeonfish. |
rowspan="4" |Proacanthurus
|P. bonatoi | | rowspan="4" |A surgeonfish. | |
P. elongatus
| | |
P. ovalis
| |
P. tenuis
| | |
Protozebrasoma
|P. bloti | |A surgeonfish. |
Sorbinithurus
|S. sorbinii | |A surgeonfish. | |
rowspan="2" |Tauichthys
|T. aspesae | | rowspan="2" |A surgeonfish. | |
T. padremenini
| | |
rowspan="2" |Tylerichthys
|T. milani | | rowspan="2" |A surgeonfish. | |
T. nuchalis
| |
= Spariformes =
class="wikitable" align="center"
!Genus !Species !Presence !Notes !Images |
Abromasta
|A. microdon | |A seabream. |
rowspan="2" |"Dentex"
|"D." microdon | | rowspan="2" |A seabream, "D." ventralis is a nomen dubium. |
"D." ventralis
| | |
Ellaserrata
|E. monksi | |A seabream. | |
Pseudosparnodus
|P. microstomus | |A seabream. |
rowspan="2" |Sparnodus
|S. elongatus | | rowspan="2" |A seabream. |
S. vulgaris
| |
= Caproiformes =
class="wikitable" align="center"
!Genus !Species !Presence !Notes !Images |
Eoantigonia
|E. veronensis | |A boarfish. |
= Lophiiformes =
class="wikitable" align="center"
!Genus !Species !Presence !Notes !Images |
Caruso
|C. brachysomus | |A goosefish. |
Eophryne
|E. barbutii | |A frogfish. | |
Histionotophorus
|H. bassanii | |A handfish. |
Neilpeartia
|N. ceratoi |Pesciara | |
Orrichthys
|O. longimanus | |A handfish. | |
Sharfia
|S. mirabilis | |A goosefish. | |
Tarkus
|T. squirei | |A batfish. |
= Tetraodontiformes =
class="wikitable" align="center"
!Genus !Species !Presence !Notes !Images |
Bolcabalistes
|B. varii | |A bolcabalistid. |
Eolactoria
|E. sorbinii | |A boxfish. |
Eoplectus
|E. bloti | |An eoplectid. |
rowspan="2" |Eotetraodon
|E. pygmaeus | | rowspan="2" |A pufferfish. |
E. tavernei
| | |
Heptadiodon
|H. echinus | |A porcupinefish. | |
Proaracana
|P. dubia | |
rowspan="2" |Prodiodon
|P. erinaceus | rowspan="2" | | rowspan="2" |A porcupinefish. |
P. tenuispinus |
rowspan="2" |Protacanthodes
|P. nimesensis | | rowspan="2" |A triplespine. | |
P. ombonii
| | |
Protobalistum
|P. imperiale | |A protobalistid. |
Spinacanthus
|S. cuneiformis | |A protobalistid. |
Zignoichthys
|Z. oblongus | |A zignoichthyid. |
Zignodon
|Z. fornasieroae | |A porcupinefish. | |
= Percomorpha ''incertae sedis'' =
= Acanthomorpha ''incertae sedis'' =
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!Genus !Species !Presence !Notes !Images |
Oncolepis
|O. isseli | |An acanthomorph of uncertain affinities, possibly a goby.{{Cite journal |last1=Liu |first1=Shang-Yin Vanson |last2=Frédérich |first2=Bruno |last3=Lavoué |first3=Sébastien |last4=Chang |first4=Jonathan |last5=Erdmann |first5=Mark V. |last6=Mahardika |first6=Gusti Ngurah |last7=Barber |first7=Paul H. |date=2018-08-01 |title=Buccal venom gland associates with increased of diversification rate in the fang blenny fish Meiacanthus (Blenniidae; Teleostei) |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1055790317307893 |journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution |volume=125 |pages=138–146 |doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2018.03.027 |pmid=29597008 |bibcode=2018MolPE.125..138L |hdl=2268/221865 |issn=1055-7903|hdl-access=free }} | |
Protoaulopsis
|P. bolcensis | |An acanthomorph of uncertain affinities. | |
Xiphopterus
|X. falcatus | |An acanthomorph of uncertain affinities. | |
Reptiles
= Crocodilia =
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! colspan="5" align="center" |Crocodilians reported from Monte Bolca |
Genus
!Species !Presence !Notes !Images |
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Asiatosuchus
|A. cf. depressifrons | rowspan="3" |Purga di Bolca |A crocodyloid, previously classified under "Crocodylus vicetinus" |
Boverisuchus
|B. sp. |A planocraniid, previously classified under "C. bolcensis" |
Hassiacosuchus
|H. cf. haupti |An alligatorid, previously classified under "C. vicetinus" |
A record of "C. cf. vicetinus" that is now assigned to Diplocynodon is thought to actually originate from the Oligocene-aged Monteviale site, as opposed to Bolca.
= Testudines =
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! colspan="5" align="center" |Turtles reported from Monte Bolca |
Genus
!Species !Presence !Notes !Images |
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Neochelys
|N. capellinii | rowspan="2" |Purga di Bolca |A podocnemidid turtle. |
"Trionyx"
|"T". capellinii |A softshell turtle. |
= Squamata =
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! colspan="5" align="center" |Squamates reported from Monte Bolca |
Genus
!Species !Presence !Notes !Images |
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Anomalophis
|A. bolcensis | rowspan="2" |Pesciara |An anomalophiid snake. |
Archaeophis
|A. proavus |A palaeophiid snake. |
"Coluber"
|"C." ombonii |Purga di Bolca |A snake of uncertain affinities. |
Brachiopoda
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!Genus !Species !Presence !Notes !Images |
"Terebratula”
|Pesciara |A terebratulid.{{Cite web |title=7. The Pesciara-Monte Postale Fossil-Lagerstätte: 4. The "minor fauna" of the laminites |url=https://www.research.unipd.it/handle/11577/2892924 |access-date=2024-08-31 |website=www.research.unipd.it}} | |
Mollusca
= Bivalvia =
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!Genus !Species !Presence !Notes !Images |
Anomia
|A. sp. | | | |
Arcopagia
|A. erycinoides |Monte Postale | | |
Crassostrea
|Monte Postale | | |
Divalinga
|D. sp |Monte Postale | | |
rowspan="2" |Fimbria
| rowspan="2" |Monte Postale | | |
F. major
| | |
Granocardium
|G. sp. |Monte Postale | | |
Katelysia
|K. texta |Monte Postale | | |
Lima
| | | |
Meiocardia
|Monte Postale | | |
Modiola
|M. postalensis |Monte Postale | | |
Monitilora
| | | |
Orthocardium
|O. gratum |Monte Postale | | |
rowspan="2" |Pitar
| rowspan="2" |Monte Postale | | |
P. parisiensis
| | |
rowspan="2" |Pseudomiltha
|P. escheri | rowspan="2" |Monte Postale | | |
P. gigantea
| | |
Spondylus
|Monte Postale | | |
rowspan="3" |Tellina
| rowspan="3" |Monte Postale | | |
T. scalaroides
| | |
T. sp.
| | |
Venerella
|V. secunda |Monte Postale | | |
= Gastropoda =
Based on:{{Cite book |last1=Deutsche Geologische Gesellschaft. |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43966013#page/117/mode/1up |title=Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft |last2=Gesellschaft |first2=Deutsche Geologische |date=1895 |publisher=Wilhelm Hertz |volume=Bd.47 (1895) [Incomplete] |location=[Berlin}}
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!Genus !Species !Presence !Notes !Images |
Acteon
|A. subinflatus |Monte Postale | | |
rowspan="2" |Ampullina
|A. hybrida | rowspan="2" |Monte Postale | | |
A. vulcani
| | |
Archicypraea
|A. lioyi |Monte Postale | | |
Architectonica
|A. bistriata |Monte Postale | | |
Bellatara
|B. palaeochroma |Monte Postale | | |
Bezanconia
|B. pyrenaica |Monte Postale | | |
rowspan="2" |Calliostoma
|C. raffaelei | rowspan="2" |Monte Postale | | |
C. mayeri
| | |
Campanile
|C. vicetinum |Monte Postale | | |
Cassis
|C. postalensis |Monte Postale | | |
Cepatia
|C. cepacea |Monte Postale | | |
rowspan="2" |Cerithium
|C. chaperi | rowspan="2" |Monte Postale | | |
C. fabani
| | |
Clanculus
|C. zignoi |Monte Postale | | |
Clavilithes
|C. rugosus |Monte Postale | | |
Cryptoconus
|C. priscus |Monte Postale | | |
rowspan="2" |Cypraedia
|C. elegans | rowspan="2" |Monte Postale | | |
C. interposita
| | |
Cypraeglobina
|C. praegnans |Monte Postale | | |
Dentellocaracolus
|D. damnatus |Purga di Bolca |A helicid land snail.{{Cite web |title=WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Helix damnata Brongniart, 1823 † |url=https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1081353 |access-date=2024-09-14 |website=www.marinespecies.org}} | |
Dialopsis
|D. incompleta | | | |
Digitolabrum
|D. princeps |Monte Postale | | |
“Drupa”
|"D." crossei |Monte Postale | | |
Hemiconus
|H. incomptus |Monte Postale | | |
Hippeutis
|Purga di Bolca |A freshwater ramshorn snail.{{Cite web |title=WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Hippeutis muzzolonicus (Oppenheim, 1895) † |url=https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1261173 |access-date=2024-09-14 |website=www.marinespecies.org}} | |
Hipponix
|H. cornucopiae |Monte Postale | | |
Homalopoma
|H. minimum |Monte Postale | | |
Leptoconus
|L. deperditus |Monte Postale | | |
Leucodiscus
|L. helicinoides |Monte Postale | | |
Liocarenus
|L. hilarionis |Monte Postale | | |
Littoraria
|L. postalensis |Monte Postale | | |
Melanopsis
|Purga di Bolca |An estuarine melanopsid snail.{{Cite web |title=WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Melanopsis vicentina Oppenheim, 1890 † |url=https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1260385 |access-date=2024-09-14 |website=www.marinespecies.org}} | |
“Melongena”
|"M." robusta |Monte Postale | | |
Neritopsis
|N. agassizi |Monte Postale | | |
Pachycrommium
|P. circumfossa |Monte Postale | | |
"Patella"
|Monte Postale | | |
Procyclotopsis
|P. obtusicosta |Purga di Bolca |A pomatiid land snail.{{Cite web |title=WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Procyclotopsis obtusicosta (F. Sandberger, 1870) † |url=https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1345382 |access-date=2024-09-14 |website=www.marinespecies.org}}{{Cite web |title=WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Procyclotopsis bolcensis (Oppenheim, 1895) † |url=https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1345389 |access-date=2024-09-14 |website=www.marinespecies.org}} | |
Pseudamaura
|P. circunfossa |Monte Postale | | |
rowspan="2" |Pseudobellardia
|P. auriculata | rowspan="2" |Monte Postale | | |
P. gomphoceras
| | |
Pseudovertagus
|P. striatus |Monte Postale | | |
Ptychocerithium
|P. lamellosum |Monte Postale | | |
Pyrazopsis
|P. pentagonatus |Monte Postale | | |
Semiterebellum
|S. postalensis |Monte Postale | | |
Seraphs
|S. convolutum |Monte Postale | | |
Tenagodus
|T. sp |Monte Postale | | |
Tympanotonos
|T. tristriatus |Monte Postale | | |
Velates
|V. schmidelianus |Monte Postale | | |
Vermicularia
|V. biangulatus |Monte Postale | | |
Vicetia
|V. hantkeni |Monte Postale | | |
Voluta
|V. musicalis |Monte Postale | | |
= Cephalopoda =
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!Genus !Species !Presence !Notes !Images |
Aturia
|A. ziczac | |A nautiloid. |
Bolcaoctopus
|B. pesciaraensis |Pesciara |An octopodid octopus with preserved imprints (formerly referred to as "Teuthida" indet.).{{Cite journal |last1=Mironenko |first1=Aleksandr |last2=Giusberti |first2=Luca |last3=Serafini |first3=Giovanni |last4=Zorzin |first4=Roberto |last5=Bannikov |first5=Alexandre F. |date=2024-09-16 |title=The First Cenozoic Octopod: A Lower Eocene Record from Bolca, Northeastern Italy |url=https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/23207 |journal=Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia |language=en |volume=130 |issue=3 |doi=10.54103/2039-4942/23207 |issn=2039-4942}} | |
Spirulirostra
|S. georgii |Pesciara |A spirulid, known from a partial phragmocone. | |
Annelida
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!Genus !Species !Presence !Notes !Images |
rowspan="3" |Eunicites
|E. affinis | | rowspan="3" |A eunicid bristleworm. | |
E. gazolae
| | |
E. pinnai
| | |
Hirudinea indet.
| | |A leech. | |
Siphonostomites
|S. hesionoides | |A bristleworm of uncertain affinities. |
The genus Sthenelaites, formerly interpreted as a bristleworm, is now thought to represent a fossilized green algae in the Dasycladaceae.
Arthropods
= Arachnida =
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!Genus !Species !Presence !Notes !Images |
Eoeuscorpius
|E. ceratoi | rowspan="2" |Pesciara |A scorpion, possibly a euscorpiid.{{Cite journal |last1=Kühl |first1=Gabriele |last2=Lourenço |first2=Wilson R. |date=2017-09-01 |title=A new genus and species of fossil scorpion (?Euscorpiidae) from the Early–Middle Eocene of Pesciara (Bolca, Italy) |url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12542-017-0372-6 |journal=PalZ |language=en |volume=91 |issue=3 |pages=283–290 |doi=10.1007/s12542-017-0372-6 |bibcode=2017PalZ...91..283K |issn=1867-6812}} | |
Pseudoscorpiones indet.
| |A possible pseudoscorpion. | |
= Crustacea =
{{Cite journal |last1=Pasini |first1=Giovanni |last2=Garassino |first2=Alessandro |last3=De Angeli |first3=Antonio |last4=Hyžný |first4=Matúš |last5=Giusberti |first5=Luca |last6=Zorzin |first6=Roberto |date=2019-09-25 |title=Eocene decapod faunas from the Konservat-Lagerstätten laminites of "Pesciara" (Bolca, Verona) and Monte Postale (Altissimo, Vicenza) in northeast Italy: a review and update |url=https://www.schweizerbart.de/papers/njgpa/detail/293/91753/Eocene_decapod_faunas_from_the_Konservat_Lagerstatten_laminites_of_Pesciara_Bolca_Verona_and_Monte_Postale_Altissimo_Vicenza_in_northeast_Italy_a_review_and_update |journal=Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen |volume=293 |issue=3 |language=en |pages=233–270 |doi=10.1127/njgpa/2019/0840}}
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!Genus !Species !Presence !Notes !Images |
Archaeocypoda
|A. veronensis |Pesciara |
Bolcacalliax
|B. eocaenica |Pesciara |A callianassid shrimp. | |
Enoplonotus
|E. armatus |Pesciara |A swimmer crab. | |
Eolinurus
|E. desmaresti |Pesciara |A spiny lobster.{{Cite web |title=An unexpected Cenozoic record of palinurid lobsters (Achelata) from the lower Eocene of "Pesciara" (Bolca, Verona) and Monte Postale (Altissimo, Vicenza), northeastern Italy |url=https://www.research.unipd.it/handle/11577/3464041 |access-date=2024-09-07 |website=www.research.unipd.it}} |
Eotrachynotocarcinus
|E. airaghii |Pesciara |A dromiacean crab. | |
Heterosphaeroma
|H. veronensis | |A sphaeromatid isopod. | |
rowspan="2" |Justitia
|Pesciara | rowspan="2" |A spiny lobster. | |
J. sp.
|Monte Postale | |
Lessinoachela
|L. scaligera |Pesciara |An achelate crustacean of uncertain affinities. | |
Lophopanopeus
|Pesciara |A mud crab. | |
Lophoranina
|L. maxima |Pesciara & Monte Postale |A frog crab. |
Lysiosquilla
| |A mantis shrimp. |
?"Macropipus"
|"M." ovalipes |Pesciara |A crab of uncertain affinities. | |
Majoidea indet.
| |Monte Postale |A majoid crab. | |
Palaega
|P. acuticauda | |A cirolanid isopod. | |
?Parsacus
|?P. cristatus |Pesciara |A slipper lobster. | |
rowspan="2" |Penaeus
| rowspan="2" |Pesciara |
?P. obtusus
| |
?Pseudobombur
|?P. nummuliticus |Pesciara |A penaeid prawn. | |
Pseudosquilla
| |A mantis shrimp. | |
Scyllarides
|Monte Postale |A slipper lobster. | |
Sphaeroma
|S. sp. | |A sphaeromatid isopod. | |
= Insecta =
== Odonata ==
== Orthoptera ==
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!Genus !Species !Presence !Notes !Images |
Pterotriamescaptor
|P. tridactylina |Pesciara |A mole cricket. | |
== Hemiptera ==
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!Genus !Species !Presence !Notes !Images |
Halobates
|Pesciara |A sea skater, the earliest known from the fossil record. |File:Aggregation_of_sea_skaters.png, a modern species]] |
== Diptera ==
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!Genus !Species !Presence !Notes !Images |
Bibio
| rowspan="5" |Pesciara |A march fly. |File:Bibionidae_-_Bibio_hortulanus_(male).JPG, a modern species.]] |
Dipterites
|D. angelinii |A brachyceran fly. | |
Gnophomyia
|File:Gnophomyia_tristissima_402794875.jpg, a modern species]] |
Gonomyia
|G. sp. |A limoniid crane fly. |File:Gonomyia_alexanderi_P1320114a.jpg, a modern species]] |
Tipulidae indet.
| |A tipulid crane fly. | |
Cnidaria
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!Genus !Species !Presence !Notes !Images |
Simplicibrachia
|S. bolcensis |Pesciara |A rhizostomid jellyfish. |
Fungi
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!Genus !Species !Presence !Notes !Images |
"Deuteromycetes" indet.
| | rowspan="3" |Vegroni | rowspan="3" |A fungus on the leaf of Latanites. | |
"Discomycetes" indet.
| | |
Pyrenomycetes indet.
| | |
Sphaerites
|S. eugeniophilus | rowspan="2" |Pesciara-Monte Postale | rowspan="2" |A fungus on the leaf of Eugeniae laurifoliae | |
Spilosphaerites
|S. priscus | |
Plantae
Based on Massalongo (1859), though many taxa are form taxa, highly dubious or nomina nuda, and/or use outdated taxonomy:{{Cite book |last=Massalongo |first=Abramo Bartolo |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WE7p6zE22gEC |title=Syllabus plantarum fossilium: Hucusque in formationibus tertiariis agri Veneti detectarum |date=1859 |publisher=Merlo |language=la}}{{Cite journal |last1=Wilde |first1=Volker |last2=Roghi |first2=Guido |last3=Martinetto |first3=Edoardo |date=2014 |title=The Pesciara-Monte Postale Fossil-Lagerstätte: 3. Flora |url=https://www.paleoitalia.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Chapter_6._Flora.pdf |journal=Rendiconti della Società Paleontologica Italiana |issue=4 |pages=65–71}}
= Red algae =
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!Genus !Species !Presence !Notes !Images |
Amansites
|A. prionomorphus | rowspan="28" |Pesciara-Monte Postale |A red alga, possibly a florideophycean. | |
rowspan="6" |Ceramites
|C. codioides | rowspan="6" |A red alga, possibly a ceramiale. | rowspan="6" | |
C. floccosa |
C. parasitica |
C. pectinata |
C. sciuroides |
C. sphacelarioides |
rowspan="5" |Chondrites
|C. dasyphyllus | rowspan="5" |A red alga, possibly a florideophycean. | rowspan="5" | |
C. dichotomus |
C. pollinianus |
C. rytiphloeoides |
C. tenuissimus |
rowspan="9" |Delesserites
|D. bolcensis | rowspan="9" |A red alga, possibly a florideophycean. | rowspan="9" | |
D. calophyllus |
D. dimidiatus |
D. heckelianus |
D. pinnatus |
D. podocarpiphyllus |
D. manganottii |
D. sessilis |
D. ovatus |
Melobesites
|M. membranacea |A red alga, possibly coralline alga. | |
rowspan="4" |Pterigophycos
|P. canossae | rowspan="4" |A red algae, possibly a florideophycean, highly variable in leaf shape, indicating that there may not be multiple species.{{Cite web |last=Muzeum |first=Národní |title=78-1 |url=https://publikace.nm.cz/en/periodicals/fossil-imprint-acta-musei-nationalis-pragae-series-b-historia-naturalis/78-1 |access-date=2024-09-16 |website=National museum}} | rowspan="4" |frameless |
P. gazolanus |
P. pinnatifidus |
P. spectabilis |
rowspan="2" |Sphaerococcites
|S. dendroides | rowspan="2" |A red alga, possibly a florideophycean. | rowspan="2" | |
?S. fastigiatus |
= Green algae =
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!Genus !Species !Presence !Notes !Images |
Aristophycos
|A. aghardianus | rowspan="4" |Pesciara-Monte Postale |An green alga. |
Caulerpites
|C. araucaria |An green alga. | |
rowspan="2" |Nemalionites
|N. cristatus | rowspan="2" |An green alga. | rowspan="2" | |
N. limacoides |
= Pteridophytes =
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!Genus !Species !Presence !Notes !Images |
Asplenites
|A. rhadamanti |Vegroni |A fern. | |
Cystorrhiza
|C. pillularioides |Pesciara-Monte Postale |A marsilacean fern. | |
Fortisia
|F. renieriana |Vegroni |A fern. | |
= Gymnosperms =
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!Genus !Species !Presence !Notes !Images |
rowspan="5" |Podocarpus
|P. affinis | rowspan="6" |Pesciara-Monte Postale | rowspan="5" |A podocarpacean conifer. | rowspan="5" | |
P. bolcensis |
P. incisa |
P. scolecophylla |
P. surianoides |
Taxodium
|T. jacarandaefolium |A relative of the bald cypress. | |
= Angiosperms =
== Monocots ==
== "Dicots" ==
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!Genus !Species !Presence !Notes !Images |
rowspan="3" |Acacia
|A. buellana | rowspan="3" |Pesciara-Monte Postale | rowspan="3" |A potential acacia. | rowspan="3" | |
A. eugenioides |
A. primordialis |
rowspan="3" |Ampelophyllum
|A. bolcense | rowspan="3" |Pesciara-Monte Postale | rowspan="3" |A potential Vitaceae. | rowspan="3" |File:Ampelophyllum_noeticum.jpg |
A. noeticum |
A. voltianum |
rowspan="2" |Anadenia
|A. italica | rowspan="2" |Pesciara-Monte Postale | rowspan="2" |An apparent grevillea. | rowspan="2" | |
A. pighiana |
rowspan="3" |Apocynophyllum
|A. bozzianum |Pesciara-Monte Postale | rowspan="3" |A potential Apocynaceae. | rowspan="3" | |
A. oligocaenum
|Vegroni |
A. terminaliaefolium
|Pesciara-Monte Postale |
rowspan="8" |Andromeda
|A. biloba | rowspan="8" |Pesciara-Monte Postale | rowspan="8" |A relative of the bog-rosemary. | rowspan="8" | |
A. cincinnati |
A. latina |
A. palaeogaea |
A. santalina |
A. stillingioides |
A. tromodophylla |
A. visianii |
Aralia
|A. primaeva |Pesciara-Monte Postale |A spikenard. | |
rowspan="3" |Aralianthea
|A. brogniartii | rowspan="3" |Pesciara-Monte Postale | rowspan="3" |A potential spikenard. | rowspan="3" | |
A. laurina |
A. zizioides |
Banksia
|B. longifolia |Pesciara-Monte Postale |An apparent banksia. | |
?Berberis
|?B. prisca |Pesciara-Monte Postale |A potential barberry. | |
rowspan="3" |Bignonia
|B. boroniaefolia | rowspan="3" |Pesciara-Monte Postale | rowspan="3" |A bignonia. | rowspan="3" | |
B. limoniaefolia |
B. moringaefolia |
rowspan="2" |Bubulcia
|B. alismantha | rowspan="2" |Pesciara-Monte Postale | rowspan="2" |A potential Zygophyllaceae. | rowspan="2" | |
B. globifera |
rowspan="4" |Bumelia
|B. buxioides | rowspan="4" |Pesciara-Monte Postale | rowspan="4" |A bully tree. | rowspan="4" | |
B. calceolarii |
B. clusiaefolia |
B. cuneifolia |
Caesalpinia
|C. eocenica |Pesciara-Monte Postale |A legume. | |
rowspan="2" |Calligonopsis
|C. pallasioides | rowspan="2" |Pesciara-Monte Postale | rowspan="2" |A knotweed. | rowspan="2" | |
C. strumphsioides |
Cassia
|C. enervis |Pesciara-Monte Postale |A legume. | |
Ceanothus
|C. cornifolius |Pesciara-Monte Postale |A ceanothus. | |
rowspan="2" |Celastrophyllum
|C. gaudinianum | rowspan="2" |Pesciara-Monte Postale | rowspan="2" |A potential Celastraceae. | rowspan="2" | |
C. oleaefolium |
rowspan="2" |Celastrus
|C. nitrariaefolius | rowspan="2" |Pesciara-Monte Postale | rowspan="2" |A potential staff vine. | rowspan="2" | |
C. scandentifolius |
Ceratophyllum
|C. cuspidatum |Pesciara-Monte Postale |A coontail. | |
rowspan="2" |Cinnamomum
|C. antiquum | rowspan="2" |Pesciara-Monte Postale | rowspan="2" |A cinnamon. | rowspan="2" | |
C. veronense |
Coccolobites
|C. morindioides |Pesciara-Monte Postale |A potential Polygonaceae. | |
Crataegus
|C. moscardianus |Pesciara-Monte Postale |A potential hawthorn. | |
rowspan="2" |Cucubalites
|?C. flagellum | rowspan="2" |Pesciara-Monte Postale | rowspan="2" |A potential Caryophyllaceae. | rowspan="2" |File:Cucubalites_postalensis.jpg |
C. postalensis |
rowspan="13" |Dombeyopsis
|D. affinis | rowspan="13" |Pesciara-Monte Postale | rowspan="13" |A potential "Byttneriaceae". |
D. bixaefolia |
D. ceanothifolia |
D. decipiens |
D. deformis |
D. glandulifera |
D. granadilla |
D. hibiscifolia |
D. incerta |
D. kleinhowiaefolia |
D. populina |
D. sublobata |
D. tilioides |
rowspan="2" |Drepanocarpus
|D. dacampii | rowspan="2" |Pesciara-Monte Postale | rowspan="2" |A legume. | rowspan="2" |frameless |
D. nummus |
rowspan="3" |Dryandra
|D. chironis | rowspan="3" |Pesciara-Monte Postale | rowspan="3" |An apparent dryandra. | rowspan="3" | |
D. meneghinii |
D. veronensis |
rowspan="4" |Eucalyptus
|E. aconicophylla | rowspan="4" |Pesciara-Monte Postale | rowspan="4" |A potential eucalypt. | rowspan="4" | |
E. italica |
E. rhododendrophylla |
E. targue |
rowspan="3" |Eugenia
|E. andiraefolia | rowspan="3" |Pesciara-Monte Postale | rowspan="3" |A probable Myrtaceae. | rowspan="3" | |
E. dactylostemoides |
E. laurifolia |
Euonymus
|E. maytenopsis |Vegroni |A potential Celastraceae. | |
rowspan="5" |Ficus
|F. bolcensis | rowspan="5" |Pesciara-Monte Postale | rowspan="5" |A fig. | rowspan="5" |File:Ficus_bolcensis_43.jpgFile:Ficus_veronensis.JPG |
F. coelestis |
F. poniana |
F. psichotrioides |
F. veronensis |
rowspan="15" |Fracastoria
|F. anguria | rowspan="15" |Pesciara-Monte Postale | rowspan="15" |A potential Sterculioideae, based on fruits. | rowspan="15" |File:Fracastoria_melo.jpgFile:Fracastoria_citrullus.JPG |
F. citriformis |
F. citrullus |
F. clavaeformis |
F. cucurbitina |
F. gastrioides |
F. gigantea |
F. lagenaria |
F. megapepo |
F. melo |
F. pomiformis |
F. pyramidalis |
F. pyriformis |
F. rotunda |
F. zignoana |
Gautiera
|G. trichoides |Pesciara-Monte Postale |A wintergreen. | |
rowspan="2" |Getonia
|G. bolcensis | rowspan="2" |Pesciara-Monte Postale | rowspan="2" |A potential relative of ukshi. | rowspan="2" |frameless |
G. potentilloides |
rowspan="2" |Glossophium
|G. eocenum | rowspan="2" |Pesciara-Monte Postale | rowspan="2" |An apparent riverweed. | rowspan="2" | |
G. proliferum |
Grewia
|G. coccolobaefolia |Pesciara-Monte Postale |A potential Tiliaceae. | |
rowspan="3" |Guajacites
|G. berengerii | rowspan="3" |Pesciara-Monte Postale | rowspan="3" |A potential Zygophyllaceae. | rowspan="3" | |
G. enervis |
G. heeri |
rowspan="3" |Hesperidophyllum
|H. citroides | rowspan="3" |Pesciara-Monte Postale | rowspan="3" |A potential Rutaceae. | rowspan="3" | |
H. ettingshauseni |
H. scalpellum |
rowspan="2" |Jacaranda
|J. italica | rowspan="2" |Pesciara-Monte Postale | rowspan="2" |An apparent jacaranda. | rowspan="2" | |
J. speciosa |
rowspan="4" |Juglans
|?J. costata |Vegroni | rowspan="4" |A potential walnut. | rowspan="4" | |
J. elaenoides
|Vegroni |
J. ossilii
| rowspan="2" |Pesciara-Monte Postale |
J. sapindacea |
rowspan="2" |Koelreuteria
|K. corcorifolia | rowspan="2" |Pesciara-Monte Postale | rowspan="2" |A potential Koelreuteria. | rowspan="2" | |
K. maffejana |
Leguminosites
|L. phaseolus |Pesciara-Monte Postale |A legume. | |
rowspan="3" |Leptomeria
|L. distans | rowspan="3" |Pesciara-Monte Postale | rowspan="3" |A mistletoe. | rowspan="3" | |
L. gracilis |
L. psilotina |
Maffeia
|M. ceratophylloides |Pesciara-Monte Postale |A potential riverweed. |
rowspan="3" |Malpighiastrum
|M. ambiguum | rowspan="3" |Pesciara-Monte Postale | rowspan="3" |A potential Malpighiaceae. | rowspan="3" | |
M. dehaasioides |
M. hyraeaeoides |
Manglesia
|M. synaphaeaefolia |Pesciara-Monte Postale |An apparent grevillea. | |
Melianthus
|M. craccorum |Pesciara-Monte Postale |A potential honey flower. | |
Myrica
|M. zig-zag |Pesciara-Monte Postale |A bayberry. | |
Myrtomiophyton
|M. stephanophorus |Pesciara-Monte Postale |A potential Myrtaceae. | |
?Nandina
|?N. consolatii |Pesciara-Monte Postale |A potential relative of nandina. | |
rowspan="2" |Nymphaea
|N. arethusae | rowspan="2" |Pesciara-Monte Postale | rowspan="2" |A waterlily. | rowspan="2" | |
N. cherpica |
Omalanthus
|O. hekastophylloides |Pesciara-Monte Postale |A potential Euphorbiaceae. | |
rowspan="7" |Palaeolobium
|P. alnifolium | rowspan="7" |Pesciara-Monte Postale | rowspan="7" |A legume. | rowspan="7" | |
P. brennonicum |
P. buteaefolium |
P. cedrelaefolium |
P. ficifolium |
P. morindaefolium |
P. nervosum |
"Peltophyllum"
|P. nelumbioides |Pesciara-Monte Postale |A potential Cabombaceae. |
rowspan="2" |Phyllanthus
|P. ceanothoides | rowspan="2" |Pesciara-Monte Postale | rowspan="2" |A potential Phyllanthaceae. | rowspan="2" | |
P. populinus |
Pongamia
|P. protogaea |Pesciara-Monte Postale |A potential relative of the Indian beech. |
Protea
|P. glossa |Pesciara-Monte Postale |An apparent sugarbush. | |
rowspan="2" |Pterocarpus
|P. lestrigonum | rowspan="2" |Pesciara-Monte Postale | rowspan="2" |A legume. | rowspan="2" | |
P. targionii |
Pterospermum
|P. malpighiaceum |Pesciara-Monte Postale |A potential "Byttneriaceae". | |
Quercus
|Q. vegronia |Vegroni |An oak. | |
Santalum
|S. memecyloides |Pesciara-Monte Postale |A sandalwood. | |
rowspan="3" |Sapindus
|S. goeppertianus | rowspan="3" |Pesciara-Monte Postale | rowspan="3" |A soapberry. | rowspan="3" | |
S. pristinus |
S. scytinophyllus |
Sapotacites
|S. oleaefolius |Pesciara-Monte Postale |A sapotacean. | |
Sarothrostachys
|S. eocenica |Pesciara-Monte Postale |A euphorbiacean. | |
Sophora
|S. capparifolia |Pesciara-Monte Postale |A legume. | |
rowspan="2" |Sterculia
|S. majae | rowspan="2" |Pesciara-Monte Postale | rowspan="2" |A potential tropical chestnut. | rowspan="2" |frameless |
S. prisca |
Terminalia
|T. perseaefolia |Vegroni |A potential Combretaceae. | |
Trapophyllum
|T. europaeum |Pesciara-Monte Postale |A potential relative of water caltrops. | |
rowspan="3" |Tympanophora
|T. bracteosa | rowspan="3" |Pesciara-Monte Postale | rowspan="3" |An apparent riverweed. | rowspan="3" | |
T. discophora |
T. turbinata |
Vaccinium
|V. convolvulinum |Pesciara-Monte Postale |A blueberry. | |
Villarsites
|V. ungeri |Pesciara-Monte Postale |A gentian. | |
rowspan="4" |Weinmannia
|W. ausoniae | rowspan="4" |Pesciara-Monte Postale | rowspan="4" |A potential Cunoniaceae. | rowspan="4" |File:Weinmannia_incerta.JPGFile:Weinmannia_fagaraefolia.JPG |
W. elaphriifolia |
W. fagaraefolia |
W. incerta |
rowspan="2" |Zanthoxylum
|Z. ambiguum | rowspan="2" |Pesciara-Monte Postale | rowspan="2" |A potential Rutaceae. | rowspan="2" |File:Zanthoxylon_ambiguum.jpg |
Z. cherpicum |
= ''Incertae sedis'' =
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!Genus !Species !Presence !Notes !Images |
Agnophyton
|A. aristatum |Pesciara-Monte Postale |Plant of uncertain affinities. | |
rowspan="3" |Antholites
|A. ligula | rowspan="3" |Pesciara-Monte Postale | rowspan="3" |Plant of uncertain affinities. | rowspan="3" | |
A. liliacea |
A. nymphoides |
rowspan="9" |Carpolithes
|C. binucularis | rowspan="2" |Pesciara-Monte Postale | rowspan="9" |Fruit of uncertain affinities. | rowspan="9" | |
C. carandioides |
C. chamaeropsis
|Vegroni |
C. lacunosus
| rowspan="5" |Pesciara-Monte Postale |
C. longipes |
C. micropepo |
C. orbis |
C. subtriangularis |
C. vegronum
|Vegroni |
Chromista
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!Genus !Species !Presence !Notes !Images |
rowspan="5" |Dictyotites
|D. aspergillum | rowspan="20" |Pesciara-Monte Postale | rowspan="5" |A brown alga. | rowspan="5" | |
D. menegazzianus |
D. radiatus |
D. rigidus |
D. stipitatus |
rowspan="5" |Laminarites
|L. irideaephyllus | rowspan="5" |A brown alga. | rowspan="5" | |
L. lamourouxii |
L. macrophyllus |
L. scolopendra |
L. vestenae |
rowspan="6" |Pasinia
|?P. ambigua | rowspan="6" |A brown alga. | rowspan="6" | |
P. elliptica |
P. incurva |
P. ovalis |
P. pyriformis |
P. rotundata |
Postelsiopsis
|P. caput-medusae |
rowspan="3" |Zonarites
|Z. chlorophlegma | rowspan="3" |A brown alga. | rowspan="3" | |
Z. flagellaris |
Z. fuliginosus |