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EOCÈNE INFÉRIEUR. MONTE BOLCA, ITALIE.
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SPARNODUS VULGARIS
Eocène inférieur. Monte Bolca, Italie.
Classe: Euteleostei, ordre: Perciforme, famille: Sparidae, genre: Sparnodus, la mâchoire inférieure allongée en avant, les dents visibles, le front fuyant vers l'arrière et les yeux bien encrés. Superbe dégagement. Très belle et rare pièce.
Plaque: 17,4 x 27 cm. (7 x 10½ in.), poisson: 20 cm. (8 in.)
Eocène inférieur. Monte Bolca, Italie.
Classe: Euteleostei, ordre: Perciforme, famille: Sparidae, genre: Sparnodus, la mâchoire inférieure allongée en avant, les dents visibles, le front fuyant vers l'arrière et les yeux bien encrés. Superbe dégagement. Très belle et rare pièce.
Plaque: 17,4 x 27 cm. (7 x 10½ in.), poisson: 20 cm. (8 in.)
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MONTE BOLCA, ITALY
Monte Bolca is considered as the most important fossil deposit of the Cenozoic period for the extraordinary quality of preservation and diversity of fishes and fossil plants. Its formation goes back to the Iocene period (- 50 million years) when the Lessini Mounts were covered with a warm tropical sea rich in fauna and flora. On this ancient sea bed, rests of plants and animals were buried under thin muds deposits without any air. Million years later these muds got hardened and became hard rock. As for fishes, they became fossils. These layers, under the pressure of the earth's crust, began to rise forming the origines of the Alpes. So where a sea was we can see today mountains, which preserved fishes and other petrified organismes, memory of the evolution of the species.
The fossils of a caramel colour on a grey and yellow limestone are typical of Monte Bolca. It is common to find some restorations on these pieces, these are essential to their preservation and at no point lower their value.
Monte Bolca is considered as the most important fossil deposit of the Cenozoic period for the extraordinary quality of preservation and diversity of fishes and fossil plants. Its formation goes back to the Iocene period (- 50 million years) when the Lessini Mounts were covered with a warm tropical sea rich in fauna and flora. On this ancient sea bed, rests of plants and animals were buried under thin muds deposits without any air. Million years later these muds got hardened and became hard rock. As for fishes, they became fossils. These layers, under the pressure of the earth's crust, began to rise forming the origines of the Alpes. So where a sea was we can see today mountains, which preserved fishes and other petrified organismes, memory of the evolution of the species.
The fossils of a caramel colour on a grey and yellow limestone are typical of Monte Bolca. It is common to find some restorations on these pieces, these are essential to their preservation and at no point lower their value.