Acquasparta, Fischer's profile, bed 50 (Jurassic of Italy)

Where: Italy (42.7° N, 12.6° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 28.4° N, 29.7° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Davoei ammonoid zone, Davoei (192.9 - 184.2 Ma)

• F. costicillatum-detractum Horizon

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, gray, red limestone and lithified, red marl

• The outcropping grey “Corniola” is intercalated by about 7 m of reddish-greyish limestones alternating with red marls

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Primary reference: C. Meister and J. Blau. 2014. Pliensbachian ammonites from the Central Apennines, Italy (Acquasparta section) – a revision of Fischer’s collection and new data. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie 273(3):253-275 [A. Kocsis/G. Harrison]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 196641: authorized by Adam Kocsis, entered by George William Harrison on 26.09.2018

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
Phylloceras (ex gr. frondosum) hebertinum
 Ammonitida - Hildoceratidae
Fuciniceras sp.
Fuciniceras sp. Haas 1913 ammonite