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

Where: Sicily, Italy (37.6° N, 13.0° E: paleocoordinates 25.8° N, 15.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Inici Formation, Aalenian (174.1 - 170.3 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 151229: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Priscilla Vazquez on 24.09.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Hammatoceratidae
Planammatoceras planinsigne
Planammatoceras planinsigne Vacek 1886 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Hildoceratidae
Tmetoceras scissum
Tmetoceras scissum Benecke 1865 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Graphoceratidae
Leioceras (Cypholioceras) partitum, Leioceras opaliniforme, Leioceras (Cypholioceras) lineatum
Leioceras (Cypholioceras) lineatum Buckman 1899 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae
"Audaxlytoceras ophioneum" = Alocolytoceras ophioneum
"Audaxlytoceras ophioneum" = Alocolytoceras ophioneum Benecke 1865 ammonite
 Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
Phylloceras spp., Holcophylloceras ultramontanum
Phylloceras spp. Suess 1865 ammonite
& 3 fragments
Holcophylloceras ultramontanum Zittel 1869 ammonite