Where: Sicily, Italy (37.6° N, 13.0° E: paleocoordinates 25.5° N, 15.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Meneghinii zone, Inici Formation, Levesquei (182.0 - 175.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, condensed, ferruginous, pebbly, stromatolitic, brown, calcareous conglomerate and lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Repository: Museo di Paleontologia of the Università "La Sapienza" of Rome (Italy)
Primary reference: G. Pallini, S. Elmi, and F. Gasparri. 2004. Late Toarcian - Late Aalenian ammonites assemblage from Mt. Magaggiaro (Western Sicily, Italy). Geologica Romana 37:1-66 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 151227: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Priscilla Vazquez on 24.09.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Crestaites meneghinii Bonarelli 1899 ammonite | |
Dumortieria meneghinii Zittel 1887 ammonite
Dumortieria latumbilicata Geczy 1967 ammonite |