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==History== Strictly speaking, the Monte Bolca site is one specific spot near the village of Bolca in Italy, known as the ''Pesciara'' ("The Fishbowl") due to its many extraordinarily well preserved [[Eocene]] [[fish fossil]]s.<ref>{{cite book |editor1-first=D.J. |editor1-last=Bottjer |editor2-first=W. |editor2-last=Etter |editor3-first=J.W. |editor3-last=Hagadorn |editor4-first=C.M. |editor4-last=Tang |title=Exceptional Fossil Preservation |publisher=[[Columbia University Press]] |year=2001}}</ref> However, there are several other related outcroppings in the general vicinity that also carry similar fossils, such as Monte Postale and Monte Vegroni.<ref>Williams, Matt, [http://palaeo.gly.bris.ac.uk/palaeofiles/lagerstatten/monte_bolca/location.html Location of Monte Bolca], University of Bristol</ref> The term Monte Bolca is used interchangeably to refer to the one, original site, or to all the sites collectively. The fossils at Monte Bolca have been known since at least the 16th century,<ref name="Miller">{{cite book |author=William Miller, III |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FLDKUSoFmHMC&pg=PA224 |title=Trace Fossils: Concepts, Problems, Prospects: Chapter 13 "''Zoophycos'' and the Role of Type Specimens in Ichnotaxonomy by Davide Olivero |date=13 October 2011 |publisher=Elsevier |isbn=978-0-08-047535-6 |pages=224β226 |accessdate=1 April 2013}}</ref> though the first extensive research was conducted on them by [[Giovanni Serafino Volta]] in the late 18th century.<ref name=":0" /> They were studied intensively in the 19th century once it was definitively proven that fossils were the remnants of dead animals. Fossils from Monte Bolca are commonly available for sale by commercial fossil dealers, and due to their popularity and preservation regularly sell for several hundred dollars.
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