Where: Italy (43.5° N, 12.6° E: paleocoordinates 29.2° N, 18.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Pseudothurmannia angulicostata ammonoid zone, Maiolica Formation, Late/Upper Hauterivian (136.4 - 130.0 Ma)
• Pseudothurmannia catulloi subzone; "Guide bed" of Faraoni level
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified lime mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Repository: authors' collections, but will be housed in the palaeontological branch of the Museum of the town of Cagli.
Primary reference: F. Cecca, P. Faragni, and A. Marini. 1998. Latest Hauterivian (Early Cretaceous) ammonites from Umbria-Marche Apennines (central Italy). Palaeontographia Italica 85:61-110 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 168446: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.04.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Plesiospitidiscus breskovskii Cecca et al. 1998 ammonite | |
Pseudothurmannia sarasini Sarkar 1955 ammonite | |
Discoidellia vermeuleni Cecca et al. 1998 ammonite |