Where: Sicily, Italy (37.6° N, 13.0° E: paleocoordinates 25.7° N, 15.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Aalensis zone, Inici Formation, Late/Upper Toarcian (180.1 - 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 151228: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Priscilla Vazquez on 24.09.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Ptychophylloceras chonomphalum Vacek 1886 ammonite | |
Pleydellia (Pleydellia) flamandi, Pleydellia (Pleydellia) celtica, Pleydellia (Pleydellia) aalensis, Pleydellia (Pleydellia) subcompta, "Cotteswoldia paucicostata" = Pleydellia, "Pleydellia (Pleydellia) mactra" = Cotteswoldia mactra, Pleydellia (Pleydellia) buckmani
Pleydellia (Pleydellia) subcompta Branco 1879 ammonite
"Cotteswoldia paucicostata" = Pleydellia ammonite
"Pleydellia (Pleydellia) mactra" = Cotteswoldia mactra Dumortier 1874 ammonite
Pleydellia (Pleydellia) buckmani Maubeuge 1947 ammonite | |
"Pseudammatoceras cf. brancoi" = Bredyia
"Pseudammatoceras cf. brancoi" = Bredyia ammonite |