Eurasian wigeon

Fischione (Anas penelope)
Type: 
Reconstructive drawing (T. D’Este)

Anas Penelope

Some remains of Eurasian wigeon was found: a coracoid, a radius, a tibiotarsus. They are all exposed.

The bird  species found in the site are all currently living. In the Pleistocene as today, different types of aquatic birds, especially ducks and geese, lived near the watercourses, populating riverbanks and marshland where water stagnates.

 

Masterpieces of the hall

The hall

Sala Espositiva

FAUNAL REMAINS
Inside the showcases located in the exhibition room, some of the more than 2000 fossil remains, found during excavation and representing the identified species, were placed.

FLORA
Fossil remains of Zelkova crenata, Tree of Judah and Laurel was discovered in the deposit. Fossil remains of Zelkova leaves are exposed.