Bolca

Archaeophis proavus Massalongo. (Museum für Naturkunde Berlin)
Location of the province of Verona
Eolates gracilis, a fossil perch. (Museum für Naturkunde Berlin)

Bolca is a village in the Veneto, on the southern margin of the Italian Alps. It is a frazione of the comune of Vestenanova, in the province of Verona. The area is famous for the marine fossils from the lagerstätte of Monte Bolca. It was one of the first fossil sites with high quality preservation known to Europeans, and is still an important source of fossils from the Eocene.