Pliocenica 2022 “Fossils and climate change”

When: Sunday, September 25
Where: Geological Museum “G. Cortesi” Castell’Arquato
Gruppo Mineralogico Paleontologico Piacentino, Società Piacentina di Scienze Naturali

An annual event to talk about geology, paleontology, museums and protected areas an opportunity to spend a day together in the “cradle” of the Pliocene
Geological Museum “G. Cortesi”, Via Sforza Caolzio, Castell’Arquato, Piacenza

The day:

9,45 Opening of the meeting in the council chamber of the Palazzo del Podestà
10,10 – 10,30 “The Emilia-Romagna fossils of Ulisse Aldrovandi”. Romano Guerra (Bologna)
10,35 – 10,55 “The importance of flood fossils in the reconstruction of the paleoclimatic and paleoenvironmental evolution of the Po Valley”. Davide Persico (Natural History Museum – University of Parma)
11.00 – 11.20 “Testimonies of the past on climate change”. Daniele Scarponi (University of Bologna)
11,25 – 11,45 “From fossil flours to Messinian evaporites: diatoms on the verge of a crisis… of salinity”. Luca Pellegrino (University of Turin)
11,50 – 12,10 “Fossils and climate changes”. Martin Röper (Bürgermeister-Müller Museum Solnhofen, Germany), Ionut Gradianu (Natural Sciences Museum Piatra Neamt, Romania)
12,15 – 12,35 “Use of photogrammetry in ichnology”. Girolamo Lo Russo (Società Piacentina di Scienze Naturali)
12,40 – 12,50 Free communications

At the end of the works official delivery of the Roll of Honour of the Geological Museum.

Event in collaboration with
Town of Castell’Arquato
Stirone and Piacenziano Regional Park
Proloco of Castell’Arquato
Cultural Association Terre Piacentine
Piacenza Reclamation Consortium