The ‘Inter Amnes. Archeologia tra Enza, Parma e Baganza’ project in the framework of the Programma ‘S.F.E.R.A. Spazi e Forme dell’Emilia Romagna Antica’ of the University of Parma has promoted a series of survey campaigns on the Parma Apennines, previously never involved in surface reconnaissance. The research was conducted by a multidisciplinary team aimed at highlighting the various peculiarities of the territory from a geological, archaeological, historical, and paleontological point of view, with a view to reconstruct the evolutionary dynamics of the landscape. Among the most relevant discoveries is the discovery of ten fossil ichthyosaur caudal vertebrae from a ‘Chaotic Complex’ in the Apennines of western Emilia and found during the reconnaissance for the mapping of fossil deposits. Compared to the great majority of vertebrate remains from the units of the ‘Chaotic Complex’, usually represented by isolated or damaged skeletal elements, the specimen preserves the original relationships between the different vertebral elements. The biostratigraphic analysis of the fossil made it possible to recognize a micro-paleontological association attributable to the Aptian stage (Lower Cretaceous). Starting from the systematic palaeontological analysis, the discovery is also brought back here to its context for an integrated, diachronic, and multidisciplinary re-reading of the ancient landscape.
Il progetto “Inter Amnes Archeologia tra Enza, Parma e Baganza” nella cornice del Programma “S.F.E.R.A. Spazi e Forme dell’Emilia Romagna Antica” dell’Università di Parma ha promosso una serie di campagne di survey sull’Appennino parmense, in precedenza mai interessato da ricognizioni di superficie. Le ricerche sono state condotte da un team multidisciplinare volto a mettere in luce le diverse peculiarità del territorio sotto il profilo geologico, archeologico, storico, paleontologico, nella prospettiva di una ricostruzione delle dinamiche evolutive del paesaggio. Tra i rinvenimenti più rilevanti si annovera la scoperta di dieci vertebre caudali fossili di ittiosauro provenienti da un “Complesso Caotico” negli Appennini dell’Emilia occidentale e ritrovate durante le perlustrazioni per la mappatura dei giacimenti fossiliferi. Rispetto alla grande maggioranza dei resti di vertebrati delle unità del “Complesso Caotico”, solitamente rappresentati da elementi scheletrici isolati o danneggiati, l’esemplare conserva le relazioni originali tra i diversi elementi vertebrali. L’analisi biostratigrafica del fossile ha permesso di riconoscere un’associazione micropaleontologica riconducibile allo stadio Aptiano (Cretacico inferiore). Muovendo dall’analisi paleontologica sistematica il rinvenimento viene ricondotto in questa sede anche al suo contesto per una rilettura integrata, diacronica e multidisciplinare del paesaggio antico.
Ichthyosauria. Soluzioni multidisciplinari per la lettura integrata dell’Appennino emiliano a partire dal rinvenimento dell’ittiosauro di Neviano degli Arduini
Francesco GarbasiUltimo
2023
Abstract
The ‘Inter Amnes. Archeologia tra Enza, Parma e Baganza’ project in the framework of the Programma ‘S.F.E.R.A. Spazi e Forme dell’Emilia Romagna Antica’ of the University of Parma has promoted a series of survey campaigns on the Parma Apennines, previously never involved in surface reconnaissance. The research was conducted by a multidisciplinary team aimed at highlighting the various peculiarities of the territory from a geological, archaeological, historical, and paleontological point of view, with a view to reconstruct the evolutionary dynamics of the landscape. Among the most relevant discoveries is the discovery of ten fossil ichthyosaur caudal vertebrae from a ‘Chaotic Complex’ in the Apennines of western Emilia and found during the reconnaissance for the mapping of fossil deposits. Compared to the great majority of vertebrate remains from the units of the ‘Chaotic Complex’, usually represented by isolated or damaged skeletal elements, the specimen preserves the original relationships between the different vertebral elements. The biostratigraphic analysis of the fossil made it possible to recognize a micro-paleontological association attributable to the Aptian stage (Lower Cretaceous). Starting from the systematic palaeontological analysis, the discovery is also brought back here to its context for an integrated, diachronic, and multidisciplinary re-reading of the ancient landscape.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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