{"id":43808,"date":"2025-10-13T19:47:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T17:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sma.unipr.it\/il-tesoro-paleontologico-dellemilia-occidentale\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T11:33:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T09:33:59","slug":"the-palaentological-treasure-of-western-emilia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.sma.unipr.it\/en\/the-palaentological-treasure-of-western-emilia\/","title":{"rendered":"THE PALAEONTOLOGICAL TREASURE OF WESTERN EMILIA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class='flex_column av-3qrbhc-f3e9cd9ee9067a8b48cf8ba447ecfb9e av_one_full  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mgpfdltf-e075aa5be225695526af5f07af26a773\">\n.avia-image-container.av-mgpfdltf-e075aa5be225695526af5f07af26a773 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-mgpfdltf-e075aa5be225695526af5f07af26a773 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-mgpfdltf-e075aa5be225695526af5f07af26a773 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-1  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-42765 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-42765 avia_image ' src=\"http:\/\/www.sma.unipr.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/pt-paleo-1030x1030.jpeg\" alt='' title='pt-paleo'  height=\"1030\" width=\"1030\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sma.unipr.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/pt-paleo-1030x1030.jpeg 1030w, http:\/\/www.sma.unipr.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/pt-paleo-300x300.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/www.sma.unipr.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/pt-paleo-80x80.jpeg 80w, http:\/\/www.sma.unipr.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/pt-paleo-768x768.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/www.sma.unipr.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/pt-paleo-36x36.jpeg 36w, http:\/\/www.sma.unipr.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/pt-paleo-180x180.jpeg 180w, http:\/\/www.sma.unipr.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/pt-paleo-705x705.jpeg 705w, http:\/\/www.sma.unipr.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/pt-paleo.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div  class='flex_column av-lwyezk-5cd7592cb5f0a4ca4e2a567882fdbef1 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-last  first flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mgpf4j8z-dbc098650f2483abbe6909d26c20ac00\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-mgpf4j8z-dbc098650f2483abbe6909d26c20ac00{\npadding-bottom:10px;\ncolor:#002975;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-mgpf4j8z-dbc098650f2483abbe6909d26c20ac00 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-mgpf4j8z-dbc098650f2483abbe6909d26c20ac00 .special-heading-inner-border{\nborder-color:#002975;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-mgpf4j8z-dbc098650f2483abbe6909d26c20ac00 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-mgpf4j8z-dbc098650f2483abbe6909d26c20ac00 av-special-heading-h2 custom-color-heading blockquote modern-quote modern-centered  avia-builder-el-3  el_before_av_hr  avia-builder-el-first '><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >THE PALAEONTOLOGICAL TREASURE OF WESTERN EMILIA<\/h2><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mgpfhfrn-9e54d42cc9a8efaee575e1b8d740495c\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-mgpfhfrn-9e54d42cc9a8efaee575e1b8d740495c{\nheight:50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-mgpfhfrn-9e54d42cc9a8efaee575e1b8d740495c hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mgpfan4i-48aa6afc2c5176c09563547827d30910\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-mgpfan4i-48aa6afc2c5176c09563547827d30910 .avia_textblock{\ncolor:#000000;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-mgpfan4i-48aa6afc2c5176c09563547827d30910 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock av_inherit_color'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h4>1. The dolphin preyed upon by a shark.<\/h4>\n<p>In 1895, the remains of a Pliocene Hemisyntrachelus cortesii dolphin were found in Rio Stramonte.<br \/>\nThe skeleton is incomplete but shows clear signs of the cause of death.<br \/>\nIt was attacked by a great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias).<br \/>\nThe bones show bites and striations typical of the serrated teeth of the great white shark.<br \/>\nProfessor Cigala Fulgosi recognised the predation by analysing the ribs and vertebrae.<\/p>\n<h4>2. The whale of the ancient sea<\/h4>\n<p>Around 1875, near Castell&#8217;Arquato, a large, almost complete fossil skeleton of an ancient whale was found.<br \/>\nThe find, approximately 8 metres long, was acquired by the University of Parma thanks to Pellegrino Strobel.<br \/>\nIt has been identified as Cetotherium capellinii, discovered by Brandt in 1873.<br \/>\nThe fossil is well preserved and has characteristics that may require scientific review.<br \/>\nIt was a whale similar to today&#8217;s mysticetes, with baleen plates.<\/p>\n<h4>3. Fossils from the Po River floods<\/h4>\n<p>During floods, the River Po erodes deposits and brings ancient bone remains to light.<br \/>\nThese are fossils of large mammals from the Upper Quaternary period.<br \/>\nThey come from various points along the riverbed.<br \/>\nThey bear witness to fauna from warm, cold and temperate periods.<br \/>\nThey are valuable palaeoclimatic indicators<\/p>\n<h4>4. Continental mammals of the Pleistocene<\/h4>\n<p>The fossils belong to Hippopotamus major, Mammuthus primigenius and Bison priscus.<br \/>\nThey come from various locations in the Parma and Piacenza areas and are not contemporary.<br \/>\nThe finds include a jawbone, a tusk and a skull.<br \/>\nThey date back to the Pleistocene and Holocene epochs.<br \/>\nThey bear witness to the rich fauna of large mammals that populated the continental plain.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-43808","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>THE PALAEONTOLOGICAL TREASURE OF WESTERN EMILIA - Sistema Museale di Ateneo<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sma.unipr.it\/en\/the-palaentological-treasure-of-western-emilia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"THE PALAEONTOLOGICAL TREASURE OF WESTERN EMILIA - 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