Fossili Regionali initiative

  • Home: explore the map
  • The initiative
    • The Italian Palaeontological Society
    • How did the initiative begin?
    • The regional committees
  • The fossil protagonists
    • Large terrestrial mammals
      • Abruzzo – Mammuthus meridionalis
      • Basilicata – Palaeoloxodon antiquus
      • Lazio – Palaeoloxodon antiquus
      • Liguria – Ursus spelaeus
    • Primates and human evolution
      • Molise – Homo cf. heidelbergensis
      • Sardinia – Macaca majori
      • Sicily – Homo sapiens “Thea”
      • Tuscany – Oreopithecus bambolii “Sandrone”
    • Dinosaurs: from bones to footprints
      • Campania – Scipionyx samniticus “Ciro”
      • Friuli-Venezia Giulia – Tethyshadros insularis “Antonio”
      • Apulia – Apulosauripus federicianus
      • Trentino-South Tyrole – Lavini di Marco's fossil footprint association
    • The plant world of the past
      • Piedmont – Carya nux-taurinensis
      • Umbria – Glyptostrobus europaeus
      • Aosta Valley – Pinus cf. uncinata
    • in prehistoric skies
      • Lombardy – Eudimorphodon ranzii
      • Marche – Italolestes stroppai
    • Among the waves
      • Calabria – Metaxytherium serresii
      • Emilia-Romagna – Mosasaurus cf. hoffmannii
      • Veneto – Ceratoichthys pinnatiformis
    • The Geologic Time Scale
  • The palaeontological glossary
  • The Paleoart Gallery
    • The Wonders of Palaeontology 3
    • The Wonders of Palaeontology at school
  • Contacts
  • Home: explore the map
  • The initiative
    • The Italian Palaeontological Society
    • How did the initiative begin?
    • The regional committees
  • The fossil protagonists
    • Large terrestrial mammals
      • Abruzzo – Mammuthus meridionalis
      • Basilicata – Palaeoloxodon antiquus
      • Lazio – Palaeoloxodon antiquus
      • Liguria – Ursus spelaeus
    • Primates and human evolution
      • Molise – Homo cf. heidelbergensis
      • Sardinia – Macaca majori
      • Sicily – Homo sapiens “Thea”
      • Tuscany – Oreopithecus bambolii “Sandrone”
    • Dinosaurs: from bones to footprints
      • Campania – Scipionyx samniticus “Ciro”
      • Friuli-Venezia Giulia – Tethyshadros insularis “Antonio”
      • Apulia – Apulosauripus federicianus
      • Trentino-South Tyrole – Lavini di Marco's fossil footprint association
    • The plant world of the past
      • Piedmont – Carya nux-taurinensis
      • Umbria – Glyptostrobus europaeus
      • Aosta Valley – Pinus cf. uncinata
    • in prehistoric skies
      • Lombardy – Eudimorphodon ranzii
      • Marche – Italolestes stroppai
    • Among the waves
      • Calabria – Metaxytherium serresii
      • Emilia-Romagna – Mosasaurus cf. hoffmannii
      • Veneto – Ceratoichthys pinnatiformis
    • The Geologic Time Scale
  • The palaeontological glossary
  • The Paleoart Gallery
    • The Wonders of Palaeontology 3
    • The Wonders of Palaeontology at school
  • Contacts

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