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Title: Reassessing the earliest Oligocene vertebrate assemblage of Monteviale (Vicenza, Italy)
Contributor(s): Pandolfi, Luca (author); Carnevale, Giorgio (author); Costeur, Loic (author); Del Favero, Letizia (author); Fornasiero, Mariagabriella (author); Ghezzo, Elena (author); Maiorino, Leonardo (author); Mietto, Paolo (author); Piras, Paolo (author); Rook, Lorenzo (author); Sansalone, Gabriele  (author); Kotsakis, Tassos (author)
Publication Date: 2017
Early Online Version: 2016-03-16
DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2016.1147170
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/26950
Abstract: The faunal assemblage of Monteviale (Vicenza, northern Italy) represents a rare condition among the earliest Oligocene assemblages of south-eastern Europe at the 'Grande-Coupure'. The lignitic fossiliferous strata lie above explosive basaltic breccias produced by a volcanic complex raised within a lagoon where the Calcareniti di Castelgomberto Formation (earliest Oligocene in age) was deposited. Systematic revision of the vertebrate remains from Monteviale reveals the presence of 15 taxa belonging to ?Butidae, Palaeobatrachidae, Trionychidae, Geoemydidae, Diplocynodontinae, Dugongidae, ?Pantolesta, Chiroptera, Rhinocerotidae, Anthracotheriidae and Palaeochoeridae. The fossiliferous deposit of Monteviale probably originated in a coastal lagoon characterized by salinity fluctuations, from brackish to fresh water, the latter evidenced by the presence of palaeobatrachid larvae. The terrestrial vertebrate assemblage indicates a humid forest environment with an age close to the Eocene–Oligocene boundary, lowermost Rupelian, MP21. Some of the mammal taxa (e.g. Epiaceratherium, Anthracotherium and ?Propalaeocherus) of Monteviale show a clear affinity with older (late Eocene) southern Asian species, suggesting a dispersal pattern across the several plates of south-eastern Europe and western Asia. By contrast, the herpetofauna (e.g. Trionyx, Bergouniouxchelys and Diplocynodon) suggests a closer relationship to European taxa.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 15(2), p. 83-127
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Place of Publication: United Kingdom
ISSN: 1478-0941
1477-2019
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 060809 Vertebrate Biology
040308 Palaeontology (incl. Palynology)
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 310914 Vertebrate biology
370506 Palaeontology (incl. palynology)
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 970106 Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 280102 Expanding knowledge in the biological sciences
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
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School of Environmental and Rural Science

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