Name: Monte Bolca Location: Northern Italy Age: Eocene

Location

• Monte Bolca is made up of several sites that can be fond along the Alpone river, Verona province, norththern Italy (Monte Postale, fish and molluscs; Monte Vegroni; palms; and several other containing crocodiles, tortoises, fish, etc), the most famous and rich fauna being that of the Pesciara locality.

Map showing the location of the Monte Bolca sites.

• The Pesciara, Italian for "fishbowl", is generally refered to by the scientific community as Monte Bolca. The Pesciara is 2 km northeast of the village of Bolca ,at an elevation of 891 meters, close to a mountain known as Lastrada.