Le Monte Bolca (alt. 900 m), près de Vérone, est l’un des tout premiers gisements de fossiles connu par les chercheurs européens, depuis le XVIe siècle, mais il ne fait l'objet d'études scientifiques qu'à partir du XIXe siècle, lorsqu'on prend conscience que ces fossiles sont vraiment des vestiges d’animaux. Par le nombre et la qualité de conservation des spécimens, ce lagerstätte demeure aujourd'hui l'une des plus importantes sources mondiales de fossiles de l’Éocène.
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Vestenanova is a comune in the Province of Verona in the Italian region Veneto, located about 90 kilometres west of Venice and about 25 kilometres northeast of Verona.
Vestenanova borders the following municipalities: Altissimo, Badia Calavena, Chiampo, Crespadoro, San Giovanni Ilarione, San Pietro Mussolino, Selva di Progno, and Tregnago.
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Bolca is a village in the Veneto, on the southern margin of the Italian Alps. It is a frazione of the comune of Vestenanova, in the province of Verona. The area is famous for the marine fossils from the lagerstätte of Monte Bolca. It was one of the first fossil sites with high quality preservation known to Europeans, and is still an important source of fossils from the Eocene.
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Monte Bolca is an Early Eocene-aged geologic site located near Verona, Italy. A Konservat-Lagerstätte, it contains an extremely well-preserved and diverse marine biota, including the most diverse fish fauna of any Cenozoic fossil site, as well as many of the earliest fossil occurrences of modern marine fish groups. It was one of the first fossil sites with high quality preservation known to Europeans, with studies of its biota dating back to the 18th century and earlier, and is still an important source of fossils.
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San Pietro Mussolino is a town in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, Italy. SP31 and SP44 goes through it.
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Badia Calavena is a comune in the Province of Verona in the Veneto region, located about 90 kilometres west of Venice and about 20 kilometres northeast of Verona. It is part of the Thirteen Communities, a group of villages which historically speak the Cimbrian language.
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