Cava D'Anna, Mt. Magaggiaro (Jurassic of Italy)

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

• A laterally discontinuous condensed horizon, dark brown in colour, characterized by an impressive accumulation of cephalopod shells and by the occurrence of metallic (mostly Fe) crusts and stromatolithic caps.

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
 Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
Ptychophylloceras chonomphalum Vacek 1886 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Hildoceratidae
Pleydellia (Pleydellia) flamandi ammonite
& 3 fragments
Pleydellia (Pleydellia) celtica ammonite
NS140/110
Pleydellia (Pleydellia) aalensis Zieten 1830 ammonite
& 12 fragments
Pleydellia (Pleydellia) subcompta Branco 1879 ammonite
"Cotteswoldia paucicostata" = Pleydellia ammonite
"Pleydellia (Pleydellia) mactra" = Cotteswoldia mactra Dumortier 1874 ammonite
Pleydellia (Pleydellia) buckmani Maubeuge 1947 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Hammatoceratidae
"Pseudammatoceras cf. brancoi" = Bredyia
"Pseudammatoceras cf. brancoi" = Bredyia ammonite