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

Based on Marrama et al, 2021:{{Cite journal |last1=Marramà |first1=Giuseppe |last2=Carnevale |first2=Giorgio |last3=Kriwet |first3=Jürgen |date=2021 |title=Diversity, palaeoecology and palaeoenvironmental significance of the Eocene chondrichthyan assemblages of the Bolca Lagerstätte, Italy |journal=Lethaia |language=en |volume=54 |issue=5 |pages=736–751 |doi=10.1111/let.12436 |issn=0024-1164 |pmc=9291491 |pmid=35873368|bibcode=2021Letha..54..736M }}

= Chimaeras =

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! colspan="5" align="center" |Chimaeras reported from Monte Bolca

Genus

!Species

!Presence

!Notes

!Images

Ischyodus

|I. sp.

|Monte Postale

|A relative of plough-nosed chimaeras, known from a single dorsal spine.

|File:Ischyodus_quenstedti_45456_(cropped).jpg

= Sharks =

class="wikitable" align="center"

! colspan="5" align="center" |Sharks reported from Monte Bolca

Genus

!Species

!Presence

!Notes

!Images

Brachycarcharias

|B. lerichei

|Pesciara

|A sand shark.

|

Eogaleus

|E. bolcensis

|Pesciara & Monte Postale

|A requiem shark.

|frameless

Galeorhinus

|G. cuvieri

|Pesciara & Monte Postale

|A relative of the school shark.

|frameless

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 =

class="wikitable" align="center"

! colspan="5" align="center" |Chondrichthyans reported from Monte Bolca

Genus

!Species

!Presence

!Notes

!Images

Arechia

|A. crassicaudata

|Monte Postale

|A stingaree.

|frameless

Dasyomyliobatis

|D. thomyorkei

|Pesciara

|A dasyomyliobatid stingray.{{Cite journal |last1=Marramà |first1=G. |last2=Villalobos-Segura |first2=E. |last3=Zorzin |first3=R. |last4=Kriwet |first4=J. |last5=Carnevale |first5=G. |year=2023 |title=The evolutionary origin of the durophagous pelagic stingray ecomorph |journal=Palaeontology |volume=66 |issue=4 |at=e12669 |bibcode=2023Palgy..6612669M |doi=10.1111/pala.12669 |pmc=7614867 |pmid=37533696}}

|frameless

Eoplatyrhina

|E. bolcensis

|Monte Postale

|A thornback ray.

|File:Platyrhina_bolcensis.jpg

Eorhinobatos

|E. primaevus

|Pesciara

|A guitarfish.

|

Lessiniabatis

|L. aenigmatica

|Pesciara

|A bizarre stingray of uncertain affinities.

|frameless

Plesiozanobatus

|P. egertoni

|Pesciara

|A relative of panrays.

|File:Die_eocänen_Selachier_vom_Monte_Bolca_(Plate_II_(photograph))_BHL8573513.jpg

Promyliobatis

|P. gazolai

|Pesciara

|A potential eagle ray.

|frameless

Pseudorhinobatos

|P. dezignii

|Monte Postale

|A guitarfish.

|File:Die_eocänen_Selachier_vom_Monte_Bolca_(Plate_I_(photograph))_BHL8573509.jpg

Tethytrygon

|T. muricatus

|Pesciara

|A whiptail stingray.

|frameless

rowspan="2" |Titanonarke

|T. megapterygia

| rowspan="2" |Monte Postale

| rowspan="2" |An electric ray.

|

T. molini

|frameless

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.

|frameless

Palaeobalistum

|P. orbiculatum

|

|A nursalliine pycnodont.

|File:Pycnodontidae_-_Palaeobalistum_goedeli.JPG

Pycnodus

|P. apodus

|

|A pycnodontine pycnodont.

|frameless

= Crossognathiformes =

class="wikitable" align="center"

!Genus

!Species

!Presence

!Notes

!Images

Platinx

|P. macropterus

|

|A pachyrhizodontid, the last crossognathiform.

|frameless

= Osteoglossiformes =

class="wikitable" align="center"

!Genus

!Species

!Presence

!Notes

!Images

Foreyichthys

|F. bolcensis

|

|A bonytongue.

|

Monopteros

|M. gigas

|

|A bonytongue.

|File:Monopterus_gigas.jpg

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.

|frameless

Bolcanguilla

|B. brachycephala

|

|An eel of uncertain affinities

|

rowspan="2" |Bolcyrus

|B. bajai

|

| rowspan="2" |A conger eel.

|frameless

B. formosissimus

|

|frameless

Dalpiazella

|D. brevicauda

|

|A paranguillid eel.

|frameless

Eoanguilla

|E. leptoptera

|

|An anguillid eel.

|

Gazolapodus

|G. homopterus

|

|An eel of uncertain affinities.

|

Goslinophis

|G. acuticaudus

|

|A snake-eel.

|frameless

Milananguilla

|M. lehmani

|

|A milanguillid eel.

|

Paracongroides

|P. heckeli

|

|A conger eel.

|

Paranguilla

|P. tigrina

|

|A paranguillid eel.

|frameless

Patavichthys

|P. bolcensis

|

|A patavichthyid eel.

|

Proteomyrus

|P. ventralis

|

|A proteomyrid eel.

|

Voltaconger

|V. latispinus

|

|A conger eel.

|frameless

Whitapodus

|W. breviculus

|

|A false moray.

|frameless

= Clupeiformes =

class="wikitable" align="center"

!Genus

!Species

!Presence

!Notes

!Images

Bolcaichthys

|B. catopygopterus

|Pesciara & Monte Postale

|A true herring. The most common fish of the formation.{{Cite journal |last1=Marramà |first1=Giuseppe |last2=Carnevale |first2=Giorgio |date=2015-11-02 |title=The Eocene sardine † Bolcaichthys catopygopterus (Woodward, 1901) from Monte Bolca, Italy: osteology, taxonomy, and paleobiology |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2015.1014490 |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |language=en |volume=35 |issue=6 |pages=e1014490 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2015.1014490 |bibcode=2015JVPal..35E4490M |hdl=2318/1566882 |issn=0272-4634|hdl-access=free }}

|frameless

Eoalosa

|E. janvieri

|Pesciara

|A shad.{{Cite journal |last1=Marramà |first1=Giuseppe |last2=Carnevale |first2=Giorgio |date=2018 |title=Eoalosa janvieri gen. et sp. nov., a new clupeid fish (Teleostei, Clupeiformes) from the Eocene of Monte Bolca, Italy |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s12542-017-0378-0 |journal=PalZ |language=en |volume=92 |issue=1 |pages=107–120 |doi=10.1007/s12542-017-0378-0 |issn=1867-6812 |pmc=5830460 |pmid=29515269|bibcode=2018PalZ...92..107M }}

|

Eoengraulis

|E. fasoloi

|Pesciara

|An anchovy.{{Cite journal |last1=Marramà |first1=Giuseppe |last2=Carnevale |first2=Giorgio |date=2016 |title=An Eocene anchovy from Monte Bolca, Italy: The earliest known record for the family Engraulidae |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/geological-magazine/article/abs/an-eocene-anchovy-from-monte-bolca-italy-the-earliest-known-record-for-the-family-engraulidae/91601FC9A60C5A768BFE385721914A20 |journal=Geological Magazine |language=en |volume=153 |issue=1 |pages=84–94 |doi=10.1017/S0016756815000278 |bibcode=2016GeoM..153...84M |issn=0016-7568}}

|

Trollichthys

|T. bolcensis

|Pesciara

|A round herring.{{Cite journal |last1=Marramà |first1=Giuseppe |last2=Carnevale |first2=Giorgio |date=2014 |title=Eocene round herring (Teleostei: Clupeidae) from Monte Bolca, Italy |url=https://doi.org/10.4202/app.00057.2014 |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |language=en |doi=10.4202/app.00057.2014 |issn=0567-7920|hdl=2318/1525495 |hdl-access=free }}

|

= Ellimmichthyiformes =

class="wikitable" align="center"

!Genus

!Species

!Presence

!Notes

!Images

Eoellimmichthys

|E. superstes

|Pesciara

|A paraclupeid, the last marine ellimmichthyiform.{{Cite journal |last1=Marramà |first1=Giuseppe |last2=Bannikov |first2=Alexandre F. |last3=Kriwet |first3=Jürgen |last4=Carnevale |first4=Giorgio |date=2019 |editor-last=Cavin |editor-first=Lionel |title=An Eocene paraclupeid fish (Teleostei, Ellimmichthyiformes) from Bolca, Italy: the youngest marine record of double-armoured herrings |journal=Papers in Palaeontology |language=en |volume=5 |issue=1 |pages=83–98 |doi=10.1002/spp2.1230 |issn=2056-2799 |pmc=6392134 |pmid=30854219|bibcode=2019PPal....5...83M }}

|

= Gonorynchiformes =

class="wikitable" align="center"

!Genus

!Species

!Presence

!Notes

!Images

Chanos

|C. forcipatus

|

|A milkfish.{{Citation |last1=Fara |first1=Emmanuel |title=The Fossil Record of Gonorynchiformes |date=2010-01-01 |work=Gonorynchiformes and Ostariophysan Relationships |pages=173–226 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/b10194-6 |access-date=2024-07-11 |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=978-0-429-06156-1 |last2=Gayet |first2=Mireille |last3=Taverne |first3=Louis|doi=10.1201/b10194-6 }}

|File:Chanidae_-_Chanos_chanos.JPG

Coelogaster

|C. leptostea

|

|A relative of the milkfish.

|frameless

= Otophysi =

class="wikitable" align="center"

!Genus

!Species

!Presence

!Notes

!Images

Chanoides

|C. macropoma

|

|A stem-otophysan.{{Cite journal |last1=Mayrinck |first1=D. |last2=Brito |first2=P. M. |last3=Otero |first3=O. |date=2015-05-04 |title=Review of the osteology of the fossil fish formerly attributed to the genus † Chanoides and implications for the definition of otophysan bony characters |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14772019.2014.893260 |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |language=en |volume=13 |issue=5 |pages=397–420 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2014.893260 |bibcode=2015JSPal..13..397M |issn=1477-2019}}

|frameless

= Aulopiformes =

class="wikitable" align="center"

!Genus

!Species

!Presence

!Notes

!Images

Holosteus

|H. esocinus

|

|A barracudina.

|frameless

= 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.

|frameless

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)

|frameless

= Holocentriformes =

class="wikitable" align="center"

!Genus

!Species

!Presence

!Notes

!Images

Berybolcensis

|B. leptacanthus

|

|A basal holocentrid.

|frameless

Eoholocentrum

|E. macrocephalum

|

|A soldierfish.

|frameless

Tenuicentrum

|T. lanceolatum

|

|A basal holocentrid.

|frameless

= Ophidiiformes =

class="wikitable" align="center"

!Genus

!Species

!Presence

!Notes

!Images

"Ophidium"

|"O." voltianum

|

|A cusk-eel.

|frameless

= 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.

|frameless

Leptolumamia

|L. vetula

|Monte Postale

|A cardinalfish.{{Cite web |title=PBDB Taxon |url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=424058&is_real_user=1 |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=paleobiodb.org}}

|

= 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.

|frameless

Rhamphognathus

|R. paralepoides

|

|A rhamphognathid.

|frameless

= Beloniformes =

class="wikitable" align="center"

!Genus

!Species

!Presence

!Notes

!Images

Engraulis

|E. evolans

|

|A flying fish.

|

Hemiramphus

|H. edwardsi

|

|A halfbeak.

|

Rhamphexocoetus

|R. volans

|

|A flying fish.

|

= Carangiformes =

class="wikitable" align="center"

!Genus

!Species

!Presence

!Notes

!Images

Ceratoichthys

|C. pinnatiformis

|

|A bizarre carangid.

|File:Ceratoichthys_pinnatiformis_4554.jpg

Ductor

|D. vesternae

|

|A ductorid.

|frameless

Eastmanalepes

|E. primaevus

|

|A carangid.

|frameless

Lichia

|L. veronensis

|

|A relative of the leerfish.

|frameless

rowspan="2" |Mene

|M. oblonga

|

| rowspan="2" |A moonfish.

|frameless

M. rhombea

|

|File:Mene_rhombea,_Middle_Eocene,_Monte_Bolca,_Verona,_Italy_-_Houston_Museum_of_Natural_Science_-_DSC01966.JPG

Paratrachinotus

|P. tenuiceps

|

|A carangid.

|frameless

Seriola

|S. prisca

|

|A relative of amberjacks.

|frameless

Trachicaranx

|T. pleuronectiformis

|

|A carangid.

|frameless

Vomeropsis

|V. triurus

|

|A carangid.

|frameless

Zorzinia

|Z. postalensis

|Monte Postale

|A medusafish.

|

= Istiophoriformes =

class="wikitable" align="center"

!Genus

!Species

!Notes

!Images

rowspan="2" |Blochius

|B. longirostris

| rowspan="2" |A blochiid billfish.

|frameless

B. macropterus

|

Palaeorhynchus

|P. zorzini

|A palaeorhynchid billfish.

|frameless

Sphyraena

|S. bolcensis

|A barracuda.

|frameless

= Pleuronectiformes =

class="wikitable" align="center"

!Genus

!Species

!Presence

!Notes

!Images

Amphistium

|A. paradoxum

|Pesciara

|An amphistiid flatfish.

|frameless

Eobothus

|E. minutus

|Pesciara

|A flatfish of uncertain affinities.

|frameless

Heteronectes

|H. chaneti

|Monte Postale

|A potentially amphistiid flatfish.

|

= Syngnathiformes =

class="wikitable" align="center"

!Genus

!Species

!Presence

!Notes

!Images

Aeoliscoides

|A. longirostris

|

|A shrimpfish.

|frameless

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.

|frameless

rowspan="2" |Eoaulostomus

|E. bolcensis

|

| rowspan="2" |A relative of the trumpetfish.

|frameless

E. gracilis

|

|

rowspan="2" |Fistularioides

|F. phyllolepis

|

| rowspan="2" |A fistularioidid.

|

F. veronensis

|

|frameless

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.

|File:Parasynarcualis_longorostris.jpg

Pesciarhamphus

|P. carnevalei

|

|An aulorhamphid.

|

Prosolenostomus

|P. lessinii

|

|A pipefish.

|frameless

Pseudosyngnathus

|P. opisthopterus

|

|A fistularioidid.

|

Pterygocephalus

|P. paradoxus

|

|A relative of the flying gurnards.

|frameless

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 }}

|frameless

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.

|frameless

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.

|frameless

Godsilia

|G. lanceolata

|

|A scombrid.

|frameless

Pseudauxides

|P. speciosus

|

|A scombrid.

|frameless

Thunnoscomberoides

|T. bolcensis

|

|A scombrid.

|File:Thunnoscomberoides_bolcensis_4.jpg

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"

|"L." merula (="L." valenciennesi){{Cite journal |last1=Bellwood |first1=David R. |last2=Schultz |first2=Ortwin |last3=Siqueira |first3=Alexandre C. |last4=Cowman |first4=Peter F. |date=2019 |title=A review of the fossil record of the Labridae |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26595690 |journal=Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. Serie A für Mineralogie und Petrographie, Geologie und Paläontologie, Anthropologie und Prähistorie |volume=121 |pages=125–194 |jstor=26595690 |issn=0255-0091}}

|

|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.

|frameless

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. lepidotum

|

|A lanternbelly.

|frameless

Aspesiganus

|A. margaritae

|

|A relative of rabbitfish.

|

Aspesiperca

|A. ruffoi

|

|Possibly a mojarra.

|

Bassanichthys

|B. pesciaraensis

|Pesciara

|An eocottid.

|frameless

Blotichthys

|B. coleanus

|

|A percoid of uncertain affinities.

|frameless

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

|

|frameless

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.

|frameless

rowspan="2" |Carangopsis

|C. brevis

|

| rowspan="2" |A relative of bluefish.

|frameless

C. dorsalis

|

|frameless

Cyclopoma

|C. gigas

|

|Either a temperate perch or a relative of snooks.

|frameless

Eocottus

|E. veronensis

|

|An eocottid.

|frameless

Eolates

|E. gracilis

|

|A lates perch.

|frameless

Eoleiognathus

|E. dorsalis

|

|A ponyfish.

|frameless

Eoscatophagus

|E. frontalis

|

|A scat.

|frameless

Exellia

|E. velifer

|

|An exellid.

|frameless

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.

|frameless

Latellopsis

|L. latellai

|

|A perciform of uncertain affinities.{{Cite journal |author1=Alexandre F. Bannikov |author2=Roberto Zorzin |year=2019 |title=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 |url=https://museodistorianaturale.comune.verona.it/media/_Musei/_StoriaNaturale/_Allegati/Biblioteca/Studi%20Bolca/Vol.%2019(2019)/5-15_Bannikov-Zorzin.pdf |journal=Studi e Ricerche Sui Giacimenti Terziari di Bolca, XIX - Miscellanea Paleontologica |volume=16 |pages=5–15}}

|

rowspan="2" |Lessinia

|L. horrenda

|

| rowspan="2" |A snapper.

|

L. sp.

|

|

Malacopygaeus

|M. oblongus

|

|A percoid of uncertain affinities.

|frameless

Montepostalia

|M. annamariae

|Monte Postale

|A percoid of uncertain affinities.

|File:Montepostalia_annamariae.jpg

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

|P. substriatus

|

|A bigeye.

|frameless

Psettopsis

|P. subarcuatus

|

|A moonyfish.

|frameless

rowspan="3" |Pygaeus

|P. bolcanus

|

| rowspan="3" |A percoid of uncertain affinities.

|frameless

P. nobilis

|

|frameless

P. nuchalis

|

|frameless

Quasimullus

|Q. sorbinii

|

|A quasimullid.

|

Robertannia

|R. sorbiniorum

|

|A robertanniid.

|

rowspan="2" |Ruffoichthys

|R. bannikovi

|

| rowspan="2" |A relative of rabbitfish.

|

R. spinosus

|

|frameless

Squamibolcoides

|S. minciottii

|

|A percoid of uncertain affinities.

|frameless

Stefanichthys

|S. mariannae

|

|A percoid of uncertain affinities.

|

Veranichthys

|V. ventralis

|

|A snapper.

|

Veronabrax

|V. schizurus

|

|A percoid of uncertain affinities.

|frameless

rowspan="2" |Zaiaichthys

|Z. postalensis

|

| rowspan="2" |A moonyfish.

|

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.

|frameless

Eoplatax

|E. papilio

|

|A spadefish.

|frameless

= Acanthuriformes =

class="wikitable" align="center"

!Genus

!Species

!Presence

!Notes

!Images

Acanthonemus

|A. subaureus

|

|An acanthonemid.

|frameless

Acanthuroides

|A. massalongoi

|

|A surgeonfish.

|

Angiolinia

|A. mirabilis

|Pesciara

|A zanclid.

|

rowspan="2" |Eorandallius

|E. elegans

|

| rowspan="2" |A surgeonfish.

|

E. rectifrons

|

|frameless

Eozanclus

|E. brevirostris

|

|A zanclid.

|frameless

Frigosorbinia

|F. baldwinae

|

|A surgeonfish.

|

Gazolaichthys

|G. vestenanovae

|

|A surgeonfish.

|frameless

Lehmanichthys

|L. lessiniensis

|

|A surgeonfish.

|frameless

Massalongius

|M. gazolai

|

|A massalongiid.

|frameless

Metacanthurus

|M. veronensis

|

|A surgeonfish.

|

Metaspisurus

|M. emmanueli

|

|A surgeonfish.

|

Padovathurus

|P. gaudryi

|

|A surgeonfish.

|

Pesciarichthys

|P. punctatus

|

|A surgeonfish.

|frameless

rowspan="4" |Proacanthurus

|P. bonatoi

|

| rowspan="4" |A surgeonfish.

|

P. elongatus

|

|

P. ovalis

|

|frameless

P. tenuis

|

|

Protozebrasoma

|P. bloti

|

|A surgeonfish.

|File:Protozebrasoma_bloti.jpg

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

|

|frameless

= Spariformes =

class="wikitable" align="center"

!Genus

!Species

!Presence

!Notes

!Images

Abromasta

|A. microdon

|

|A seabream.

|frameless

rowspan="2" |"Dentex"

|"D." microdon

|

| rowspan="2" |A seabream, "D." ventralis is a nomen dubium.

|frameless

"D." ventralis

|

|

Ellaserrata

|E. monksi

|

|A seabream.

|

Pseudosparnodus

|P. microstomus

|

|A seabream.

|frameless

rowspan="2" |Sparnodus

|S. elongatus

|

| rowspan="2" |A seabream.

|frameless

S. vulgaris

|

|frameless

= Caproiformes =

class="wikitable" align="center"

!Genus

!Species

!Presence

!Notes

!Images

Eoantigonia

|E. veronensis

|

|A boarfish.

|File:Antigonia_veronensis.JPG

= Lophiiformes =

class="wikitable" align="center"

!Genus

!Species

!Presence

!Notes

!Images

Caruso

|C. brachysomus

|

|A goosefish.

|frameless

Eophryne

|E. barbutii

|

|A frogfish.

|

Histionotophorus

|H. bassanii

|

|A handfish.

|frameless

Neilpeartia

|N. ceratoi

|Pesciara

|A frogfish.{{Cite journal |last1=Carnevale |first1=Giorgio |last2=Pietsch |first2=Theodore W. |last3=Bonde |first3=Niels |last4=Leal |first4=Maria E. C. |last5=Marramà |first5=Giuseppe |date=2020-03-03 |title=† Neilpeartia ceratoi , gen. et sp. nov., a new frogfish from the Eocene of Bolca, Italy |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2020.1778711 |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |language=en |volume=40 |issue=2 |pages=e1778711 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2020.1778711 |bibcode=2020JVPal..40E8711C |issn=0272-4634}}

|

Orrichthys

|O. longimanus

|

|A handfish.

|

Sharfia

|S. mirabilis

|

|A goosefish.

|

Tarkus

|T. squirei

|

|A batfish.

|frameless

= Tetraodontiformes =

class="wikitable" align="center"

!Genus

!Species

!Presence

!Notes

!Images

Bolcabalistes

|B. varii

|

|A bolcabalistid.

|File:Bolcabalistes_varii.jpg

Eolactoria

|E. sorbinii

|

|A boxfish.

|frameless

Eoplectus

|E. bloti

|

|An eoplectid.

|frameless

rowspan="2" |Eotetraodon

|E. pygmaeus

|

| rowspan="2" |A pufferfish.

|File:Eotetraodon_pygmaeus.jpg

E. tavernei

|

|

Heptadiodon

|H. echinus

|

|A porcupinefish.

|

Proaracana

|P. dubia

|

|A deepwater boxfish.

|frameless

rowspan="2" |Prodiodon

|P. erinaceus

| rowspan="2" |

| rowspan="2" |A porcupinefish.

|frameless

P. tenuispinus

|frameless

rowspan="2" |Protacanthodes

|P. nimesensis

|

| rowspan="2" |A triplespine.

|

P. ombonii

|

|

Protobalistum

|P. imperiale

|

|A protobalistid.

|frameless

Spinacanthus

|S. cuneiformis

|

|A protobalistid.

|File:Spinacanthus_cuneiformis.jpg

Zignoichthys

|Z. oblongus

|

|A zignoichthyid.

|frameless

Zignodon

|Z. fornasieroae

|

|A porcupinefish.

|

= Percomorpha ''incertae sedis'' =

class="wikitable" align="center"

!Genus

!Species

!Presence

!Notes

!Images

Acronuroides

|A. eocaenicus

|Pesciara

|An indeterminate percomorph.

|

Anorevus

|A. lorenzonii

|Pesciara

|Possibly a stem-flatfish.{{Cite web |title=IRMNG - Anorevus Bannikov & Zorzin, 2020 |url=https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=11925939 |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=www.irmng.org}}

|

Guus

|G. microcephalus

|Pesciara

|A tortonesid (formerly considered a gobioid).

|

Parapygaeus

|P. polyacanthus

|

|An indeterminate percomorph.

|

Pietschellus

|P. aenigmaticus

|Monte Postale

|A pietschellid.{{Cite journal |last1=Carnevale |first1=G. |last2=Bannikov |first2=A. F. |date=2015 |title=Pietschellidae fam. nov., a new family of miniature percomorph fishes from the Eocene of Bolca, with the description of a new genus and species |journal=Studie Ricerche Sui Giacimenti Terziari di Bolca, XVI - Miscellanea Paleontologica |volume=13|s2cid=90273137 }}

|

Nickcaves

|N. pterygocephalus

|Monte Postale

|A pietschellid.

|

Quasicichla

|Q. mucistonaver

|

|An indeterminate percomorph.

|

Quasinectes

|Q. durello

|Monte Postale

|Possibly a stem-flatfish.

|

Sorbinicapros

|S. sorbiniorum

|

|A sorbinipercid.

|

Sorbiniperca

|S. scheuchzeri

|

|A sorbinipercid.

|

Tortonesia

|T. esilis

|

|A tortonesid.

|frameless

Zorzinichthys

|Z. annae

|

|A zorzinichthyid.

|

= Acanthomorpha ''incertae sedis'' =

class="wikitable" align="center"

!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

Based on Seghetti et al, 2022:{{Cite journal |last1=Seghetti |first1=Simone Matteo |last2=Georgalis |first2=Georgios L. |last3=Tschopp |first3=Emanuel |last4=Delfino |first4=Massimo |date=2022-08-03 |title=A historical overview of the reptile fauna from the Eocene Bolca Fossil-Lagerstätte (Italy) |url=https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/226559/ |journal=Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana |volume=61 |issue=2 |pages=119–143 |doi=10.4435/BSPI.2022.14 |doi-broken-date=4 December 2024 |issn=0375-7633}}

= Crocodilia =

class="wikitable" align="center"

! colspan="5" align="center" |Crocodilians reported from Monte Bolca

Genus

!Species

!Presence

!Notes

!Images

Asiatosuchus

|A. cf. depressifrons

| rowspan="3" |Purga di Bolca

|A crocodyloid, previously classified under "Crocodylus vicetinus"

|frameless

Boverisuchus

|B. sp.

|A planocraniid, previously classified under "C. bolcensis"

|frameless

Hassiacosuchus

|H. cf. haupti

|An alligatorid, previously classified under "C. vicetinus"

|frameless

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 =

class="wikitable" align="center"

! colspan="5" align="center" |Turtles reported from Monte Bolca

Genus

!Species

!Presence

!Notes

!Images

Neochelys

|N. capellinii

| rowspan="2" |Purga di Bolca

|A podocnemidid turtle.

|File:Neochelys_franzeni_2.jpg

"Trionyx"

|"T". capellinii

|A softshell turtle.

|File:Trionyx_capellinii_verona.JPG

= Squamata =

class="wikitable" align="center"

! colspan="5" align="center" |Squamates reported from Monte Bolca

Genus

!Species

!Presence

!Notes

!Images

Anomalophis

|A. bolcensis

| rowspan="2" |Pesciara

|An anomalophiid snake.

|frameless

Archaeophis

|A. proavus

|A palaeophiid snake.

|frameless

"Coluber"

|"C." ombonii

|Purga di Bolca

|A snake of uncertain affinities.

|frameless

Brachiopoda

class="wikitable" align="center"

!Genus

!Species

!Presence

!Notes

!Images

"Terebratula

|"T." fumanensis

|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 =

class="wikitable" align="center"

!Genus

!Species

!Presence

!Notes

!Images

Anomia

|A. sp.

|

|

|

Arcopagia

|A. erycinoides

|Monte Postale

|

|

Crassostrea

|C. sparnacensis

|Monte Postale

|

|

Divalinga

|D. sp

|Monte Postale

|

|

rowspan="2" |Fimbria

|F. lamellosa

| rowspan="2" |Monte Postale

|

|

F. major

|

|

Granocardium

|G. sp.

|Monte Postale

|

|

Katelysia

|K. texta

|Monte Postale

|

|

Lima

|L. cf. papillifera

|

|

|

Meiocardia

|M. carinata

|Monte Postale

|

|

Modiola

|M. postalensis

|Monte Postale

|

|

Monitilora

|M. elegans

|

|

|

Orthocardium

|O. gratum

|Monte Postale

|

|

rowspan="2" |Pitar

|P. lunularia

| rowspan="2" |Monte Postale

|

|

P. parisiensis

|

|

rowspan="2" |Pseudomiltha

|P. escheri

| rowspan="2" |Monte Postale

|

|

P. gigantea

|

|

Spondylus

|S. radula

|Monte Postale

|

|

rowspan="3" |Tellina

|T. biangularis

| 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}}

class="wikitable" align="center"

!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

|H. muzzolonicus

|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

|M. vicetina

|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"

|"P." boreani

|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.

|File:Aturia_eocene_puglia.jpg

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.

|frameless

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

|A dorippid crab.

|frameless

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}}

|File:Justitia_desmaresti_8789.jpg

Eotrachynotocarcinus

|E. airaghii

|Pesciara

|A dromiacean crab.

|

Heterosphaeroma

|H. veronensis

|

|A sphaeromatid isopod.

|

rowspan="2" |Justitia

|J. confusa

|Pesciara

| rowspan="2" |A spiny lobster.

|

J. sp.

|Monte Postale

|

Lessinoachela

|L. scaligera

|Pesciara

|An achelate crustacean of uncertain affinities.

|

Lophopanopeus

|L. bolcensis

|Pesciara

|A mud crab.

|

Lophoranina

|L. maxima

|Pesciara & Monte Postale

|A frog crab.

|frameless

Lysiosquilla

|L. antiqua

|

|A mantis shrimp.

|frameless

?"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

|P. bolcensis

| rowspan="2" |Pesciara

| rowspan="2" |A penaeid prawn.

|frameless

?P. obtusus

|

?Pseudobombur

|?P. nummuliticus

|Pesciara

|A penaeid prawn.

|

Pseudosquilla

|P. lessinea

|

|A mantis shrimp.

|

Scyllarides

|S. bolcensis

|Monte Postale

|A slipper lobster.

|

Sphaeroma

|S. sp.

|

|A sphaeromatid isopod.

|

= Insecta =

{{Cite web |title=PBDB Collection |url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicCollectionSearch?collection_no=122230 |access-date=2024-08-31 |website=paleobiodb.org}}

== Odonata ==

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!Genus

!Species

!Presence

!Notes

!Images

Bolcacordulia

|B. paradoxa

| rowspan="3" |Pesciara

|A bolcacorduliid dragonfly.{{Cite journal |last=Gentilini |first=Giuseppe |date=2002 |title=Fossil damselflies and dragonflies from the Eocene of Monte Bolca, Italy (Insecta: Odonata |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/277716317 |journal=Studi e Ricerche sui Giacimenti Terziari di Bolca, IX, Miscellanea Paleontologica |volume=6 |pages=7–22}}

|

Bolcathemis

|B. nervosa

|A palaeomacromiid dragonfly.{{Cite journal |last1=Petrulevičius |first1=Julián F. |last2=Nel |first2=André |date=2007 |title=Enigmatic and little known Odonata (Insecta) from the Paleogene of Patagonia and Northwest Argentina |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00379271.2007.10697530 |journal=Annales de la Société entomologique de France |series=Nouvelle Série |language=en |volume=43 |issue=3 |pages=341–347 |doi=10.1080/00379271.2007.10697530 |issn=0037-9271}}

|

Bolcathore

|B. colorata

|A bolcathorid damselfly.

|

== 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

|H. ruffoi

|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

|B. sereri

| rowspan="5" |Pesciara

|A march fly.

|File:Bibionidae_-_Bibio_hortulanus_(male).JPG, a modern species.]]

Dipterites

|D. angelinii

|A brachyceran fly.

|

Gnophomyia

|G. gentilinii

|A limoniid crane fly.

|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.

|frameless

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.

|File:Aristophycos_agardhianus.jpg

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 ==

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!Genus

!Species

!Presence

!Notes

!Images

Albucastrum

|A. perianthioideum

|Pesciara-Monte Postale

|A liliacean.

|frameless

rowspan="2" |Apludophyton

|A. cucubaloides

| rowspan="2" |Pesciara-Monte Postale

| rowspan="2" |A grass.

| rowspan="2" |

A. scleroides
Arundinites

|A. dracenophylla

|Pesciara-Monte Postale

|A grass.

|

Bromelianthus

|B. heuflerianus

|Pesciara-Monte Postale

|An apparent bromeliad, but taxonomic assignment disputed.{{Cite journal |last1=Kessous |first1=Igor Musauer |last2=Neves |first2=Beatriz |last3=Salgueiro |first3=Fabiano |last4=da Costa |first4=Andrea Ferreira |date=2021 |title=A 100-Million-Year Gap in the Knowledge of the Evolutionary History of Bromeliaceae: A Brief Review of Fossil Records |journal=Feddes Repertorium |language=en |volume=132 |issue=1 |pages=20–27 |doi=10.1002/fedr.202000035 |issn=0014-8962|doi-access=free }}

|File:Bromelianthus_heuflerianus.jpg

rowspan="6" |Castellinia

|C. ambigua

| rowspan="6" |Pesciara-Monte Postale

| rowspan="6" |A palm fruit.

| rowspan="6" |frameless

C. compressa
C. elliptica
?C. incurva
C. macrocarpa
?C. subrotunda
rowspan="2" |Caulinites

|C. divaricatus

| rowspan="2" |Pesciara-Monte Postale

| rowspan="2" |A seagrass.

| rowspan="2" |frameless

C. equisetimorphus
Crinanthus

|C. fenzlianus

|Pesciara-Monte Postale

|A liliacean.

|frameless

rowspan="2" |Cyperites

|C. bolcensis

| rowspan="2" |Pesciara-Monte Postale

| rowspan="2" |A sedge.

| rowspan="2" |File:Cyperites_sp_Bolca.JPG

C. eocenus
Geonomites

|G. saturnia

|Vegroni

|A palm leaf.

|

rowspan="9" |Halochloris

|H. castelliniana

| rowspan="9" |Pesciara-Monte Postale

| rowspan="9" |A seagrass.

| rowspan="9" |File:Halochloris_veronensis.jpg

H. cymodoceoides
H. fluitans
H. meneghinii
H. stolonifera
H. striata
H. subsecunda
H. ungeri
H. veronensis
rowspan="6" |Latanites

|L. brocchiana

|Vegroni

| rowspan="6" |A palm, whole trees sometimes preserved.

| rowspan="6" |File:Arecaceae_-_Latanites_praticinensis.JPG

L. galilejana

|Vegroni

L. parvula

|Pesciara-Monte Postale

L. pinnata

|Vegroni

L. praticinensis

|Vegroni & Purga di Bolca

L. vegronum

|Vegroni

Musophyllum

|M. italicum

|Vegroni

|A potential banana relative.

|

Palaeorchis

|P. rhizoma

|Pesciara-Monte Postale

|An orchid.

|frameless

rowspan="2" |Palaeospathe

|P. elliptica

| rowspan="2" |Pesciara-Monte Postale

| rowspan="2" |A palm fruit.

| rowspan="2" |frameless

P. lata
Palmacites

|P. neocaenus

|Vegroni

|A palm.

|

rowspan="3" |Phoenicites

|P. danteana

| rowspan="3" |Vegroni

| rowspan="3" |A palm leaf.

| rowspan="3" |File:Phoenicites_sp_35434.JPG

P. veronensis
P. wettinioides
Poacites

|P. juncoides

|Pesciara-Monte Postale

|A grass.

|

Posidocea

|P. frickhingeri

|Pesciara-Monte Postale

|A posidoniacean seagrass. Taxonomy affinity uncertain, as floral structures differ from those of Posidonia.{{Cite web |title=PBDB Taxon |url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=220239 |access-date=2024-09-27 |website=paleobiodb.org}}{{Citation |last1=Larkum |first1=Anthony W. D. |title=Evolution and Biogeography of Seagrasses |date=2018 |work=Seagrasses of Australia: Structure, Ecology and Conservation |pages=3–29 |editor-last=Larkum |editor-first=Anthony W. D. |url=https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-71354-0_1 |access-date=2024-09-27 |place=Cham |publisher=Springer International Publishing |language=en |doi=10.1007/978-3-319-71354-0_1 |isbn=978-3-319-71354-0 |last2=Waycott |first2=Michelle |last3=Conran |first3=John G. |editor2-last=Kendrick |editor2-first=Gary A. |editor3-last=Ralph |editor3-first=Peter J.}}

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Protorchis

|P. monorchis

|Pesciara-Monte Postale

|An orchid.

|

Ruppia

|R. aristata

|Pesciara-Monte Postale

|A wigeongrass.

|

?Smilacites

|?S. lancea

|Pesciara-Monte Postale

|A smilacean.

|

"Thecophyllum"

|T. flabellatum

|Pesciara-Monte Postale

|A palm.

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Stratiotes (=Folliculites)

|S. kaltennordheimensis

|Purga di Bolca

|A water-soldier (formerly considered a potential casuarinacean){{Cite journal |last=Chandler |first=Marjorie Elizabeth Jane |date=1923 |title=The Geological History of the Genus Stratiotes : an Account of the Evolutionary Changes which have occurred within the Genus during Tertiary and Quaternary Times |url=https://www.lyellcollection.org/doi/10.1144/GSL.JGS.1923.079.01-04.09 |journal=Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London |language=en |volume=79 |issue=1–4 |pages=117–138 |doi=10.1144/GSL.JGS.1923.079.01-04.09 |bibcode=1923QJGS...79..117C |issn=0370-291X}}

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Typhaeloipum

|T. spadae

|Pesciara-Monte Postale

|A cattail relative.

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Zannichelliopsis

|Z. repens

|Pesciara-Monte Postale

|A seagrass.

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== "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.

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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.

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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.

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?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".

| rowspan="13" |framelessframeless

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.

|File:Maffeia_ceratophylloides_87.jpg

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.

|File:Peltophyllum_nelumboides.jpg

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.

|File:Pongamia_protogaea.jpg

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

|A kelp similar in form to the sea palm.

|frameless

rowspan="3" |Zonarites

|Z. chlorophlegma

| rowspan="3" |A brown alga.

| rowspan="3" |

Z. flagellaris
Z. fuliginosus

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