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Pesciara, Vestenanova, Verona Province, Veneto, Italy

Formation	Pesciara
Age:	56.0 - 47.8 Ma Eocene
Interval	Ypresian
Tectonic Setting	Rift
Lithology	limestone
Number of Collections	2
Number of Occurrences	11

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Monte Bolca	Vestenanova, Verona Province, Veneto, Italy	Pesciara

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Eoeuscorpius ceratoi species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Scorpiones : Euscorpiidae : Eoeuscorpius : *Eoeuscorpius ceratoi*	56 - 47.8 Ma Eocene
Gnophomyia gentilinii species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Limoniidae : Gnophomyia : *Gnophomyia gentilinii*	56 - 47.8 Ma Eocene
Gonomyia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Limoniidae : *Gonomyia*	56 - 47.8 Ma Eocene
Limoniidae family	5	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Limoniidae	56 - 47.8 Ma Eocene
Dipterites angelinii species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Dipterites : *Dipterites angelinii*	56 - 47.8 Ma Eocene
Tipulidae family	5	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Tipulidae	56 - 47.8 Ma Eocene
Halobates ruffoi species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hemiptera : Gerridae : Halobates : *Halobates ruffoi*	56 - 47.8 Ma Eocene
Bolcacordulia paradoxa species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Odonata : Bolcacorduliidae : Bolcacordulia : *Bolcacordulia paradoxa*	56 - 47.8 Ma Eocene
Bolcathore colorata species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Odonata : Bolcathoridae : Bolcathore : *Bolcathore colorata*	56 - 47.8 Ma Eocene
Bolcathemis nervosa species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Odonata : Palaeomacromiidae : Bolcathemis : *Bolcathemis nervosa*	56 - 47.8 Ma Eocene
Pterotriamescaptor tridactylinus species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Orthoptera : Gryllotalpidae : Pterotriamescaptor : *Pterotriamescaptor tridactylinus*	56 - 47.8 Ma Eocene

References

Massalongo A. B. P. Prodromo di un'entomologia fossile del M. Bolca, Studii Paleontologici, 11-21

Secretan S. (1975) Un orthoptère fossile du Monte Bolca, Studi e Richerche sui Giacimenti Terziari di Bolca, II, Miscellanea Palaeontologica 1, 427-430

Krzemiski W., Krzemiska E. (1990) Tipulomorpha (Diptera) of the Middle Eocene deposits from Pesciara di Bolca near Verona (Italy), Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 33, 495-499

Andersen N. M., Farma A., et al (1994) A fossil Halobates from the Mediterranea and the origin of sea skaters (Hemiptera, Gerridae), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 112 4, 479-489

Gentilini G. (2002) Fossil damselflies and dragonflies from the Eocene of Monte Bolca (Insecta: Odonata), Studi e Ricerche sui Giacimenti Terziari di Bolca, Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona 9, 7-22

Kühl G., Lourenço W. R. (2017) A new genus and species of fossil scorpion (?Euscorpiidae) from the Early–Middle Eocene of Pesciara (Bolca, Italy), PalZ 91, 283-290

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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