Where: Messina, Italy (38.0° N, 14.8° E: paleocoordinates 24.7° N, 15.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Pliensbachian (189.6 - 183.0 Ma)
• "Strata with Terebratua aspasia" - early Pliensbachian age (primarily Jamesoni and Ibex zones) suggested by presence of Tropidoceras flandrini, Tropidoceras masseanum, Coeloceras pettos, and Liparoceras bechei.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Repository: Museo di Geologia e Paleontologia dell'Università di Palermo
Primary reference: M. Gemmellaro. 1911. Sui fossili degli strati a Terebratula aspasia della contrada Rocche Rosse presso Galati (prov. di Messina). Cefalopodi (fine) - Gasteropodi. Giornale di Scienze Naturali ed Economiche di Palermo 28:203-246 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 173593: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.10.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Cephalopoda | |
"Nautilus paretoi n. sp." = Cenoceras paretoi, "Nautilus demonensis n. sp." = Cenoceras demonensis, "Nautilus brancoi" = Cenoceras brancoi, "Nautilus mariani n. sp." = Cenoceras mariani, "Nautilus distefanoi n. sp." = Cenoceras distefanoi
"Nautilus paretoi n. sp." = Cenoceras paretoi Gemmellaro 1911
"Nautilus demonensis n. sp." = Cenoceras demonensis Gemmellaro 1911
"Nautilus brancoi" = Cenoceras brancoi Gemmellaro 1884
"Nautilus mariani n. sp." = Cenoceras mariani Gemmellaro 1911
"Nautilus distefanoi n. sp." = Cenoceras distefanoi Gemmellaro 1911 Nautilus affinis in Gemmellaro 1884
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"Belemnites (Megateuthis) cf. paxillosus" = Megateuthis suevica
"Belemnites (Megateuthis) cf. paxillosus" = Megateuthis suevica Klein 1773 belemnite | |
| Gastropoda | |
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Neritopsis praeclara Seguenza 1885 snail | |
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Cupaniella biplicata n. gen. n. sp.
Cupaniella biplicata n. gen. n. sp. Gemmellaro 1911 cerith snail | |
? Zygopleura dubia n. sp.
? Zygopleura dubia n. sp. Gemmellaro 1911 snail | |
"Trochus cupido" = Eucyclomphalus cupido, "Eucyclus alpinus" = Amberleya (Eucyclus) alpina
"Trochus cupido" = Eucyclomphalus cupido d'Orbigny 1852 snail
"Eucyclus alpinus" = Amberleya (Eucyclus) alpina Stoliczka 1861 snail | |
"Chemnitzia galatensis n. sp." = Proconulus galatensis
"Chemnitzia galatensis n. sp." = Proconulus galatensis Gemmellaro 1911 snail | |
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Turbo subaciculus Seguenza 1885 snail | |
Lewisiella conica, "Trochus folcoi n. sp." = Ataphrus folcoi
Lewisiella conica d'Orbigny 1852 snail
"Trochus folcoi n. sp." = Ataphrus folcoi Gemmellaro 1911 snail | |
Calliostoma conuliforme, Calliostoma salvatoris n. sp., Calliostoma contextum, Calliostoma sartoriusi n. sp., Chrysostoma seguenzai n. sp., Trochus avernus
Calliostoma conuliforme Seguenza 1885 top snail
Calliostoma salvatoris n. sp. Gemmellaro 1911 top snail
Calliostoma contextum Seguenza 1885 top snail
Calliostoma sartoriusi n. sp. Gemmellaro 1911 top snail
Chrysostoma seguenzai n. sp. Gemmellaro 1911 top snail
Trochus avernus Stoliczka 1861 top snail | |
Pleurotomaria intermedia, "Pleurotomaria suessi" = Pleurotomaria suessii
Pleurotomaria intermedia Muenster 1844 snail
"Pleurotomaria suessi" = Pleurotomaria suessii Hornes 1853 snail | |
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Discohelix excavata Reuss 1852 snail
Discohelix mariae n. sp. Gemmellaro 1911 snail
Discohelix orbis Reuss 1852 snail | |
"Cryptaenia expansa" = Ptychomphalus expansus
"Cryptaenia expansa" = Ptychomphalus expansus Sowerby 1821 snail | |
"Discohelix reussi" = Pentagonodiscus reussii
"Discohelix reussi" = Pentagonodiscus reussii Hauer 1853 snail | |
Promathildia demonensis n. sp.
Promathildia demonensis n. sp. Gemmellaro 1911 snail | |