Where: Italy (45.6° N, 11.1° E: paleocoordinates 32.2° N, 19.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Biancone Formation, Late/Upper Valanginian (140.2 - 136.4 Ma)

• The section is about 2 m thick, with 9 beds. Beds 1-9: S. verrucosum zone, upper Valanginian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: focus on ammonites

Primary reference: P. Faraoni, D. Flore, A. Marini, G. Pallini, and N. Pezzoni. 1997. Valanginian and early Hauterivian ammonite successions in the Mt Catria group (Central Apennines) and the Lessini Mts (Southern Alps), Italy. Palaeopelagos 7:59-100 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 65597: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 22.09.2006

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