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Francesco Pizzolato

  • Biodiversity Journal, 14 (2): 0355-0358

    Valeriano Spadini & Francesco Pizzolato
    First record of the genus Corallium (Cuvier, 1798) from the Pliocene of Monte Calcinaio (Siena, Italy)
    https://doi.org/10.31396/Biodiv.Jour.2023.14.2.355.358

    ABSTRACT
    Some fragments of Corallium (Cuvier, 1798) are reported from the Pliocene of Monte Calcinaio (Radicofani, Siena, Italy). This is the first report of a species of this genus from the Pliocene of the Siena-Radicofani basin.

  • Biodiversity Journal, 13 (4): 0865-0868

    Valeriano Spadini & Francesco Pizzolato
    Pliocene Caryophyllia Lamarck, 1801 (Anthozoa Scleractinia) from the Metauro river (Fano, Marches, Italy)
    https://doi.org/10.31396/Biodiv.Jour.2022.13.4.865.868

    ABSTRACT
    A species of Caryophyllia Lamarck, 1801 (Anthozoa Scleractinia) is studied. It was collected at Bellocchi in the bed of the Metauro River, near the industrial area of Fano (Marches, Italy), where the river has eroded Plio-Pleistocene sediments, about 6 km from its mouth. The fauna collected at the site consisted of a few species of deep-bottom-dwelling molluscs and a single species of scleractinian. The Caryophyllia described has particular features, but until an adequate number of specimens in good condition becomes available, its nomenclature is left open.