Calcare Massiccio of Monte Cucco (Jurassic of Italy)

Where: Italy (43.4° N, 12.2° E: paleocoordinates 29.7° N, 15.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Calcare Massiccio Formation, Sinemurian (199.3 - 190.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; limestone and wackestone

• ...may suggest ... a deep infralittoral or upper circalittoral environment

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite

Collection methods: Museo di Geologia e Paleontologia "G. Capellini" (University of Bologna)

Primary reference: J.-C. Fischer, F. Rosati, and S. Raffi. 2002. Sinemurian gastropods from Monte Cucco (Umbria-Marche Apennines, Central Italy). Geobios 32(4):441-456 [W. Kiessling/A. Girndt/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 80016: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 01.04.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Neritoina - Neritopsidae
Neritopsis (Neritopsis) elegantissima
 Heterostropha - Nerinellidae
Aptyxiella latina n. sp.
Aptyxiella latina n. sp. Fischer et al. 2002 snail
 Heterostropha - Cylindrobullinidae
Conactaeon (Euconactaeon) sp.
 Heterostropha - Tubiferidae
Proceritella ceccai n. sp.
Proceritella ceccai n. sp. Fischer et al. 2002 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Procerithiidae
Climacina umbriensis n. sp.
Climacina umbriensis n. sp. Fischer et al. 2002 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Settsassiidae
Katosira contii n. sp.
Katosira contii n. sp. Fischer et al. 2002 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Purpurinidae
Purpuroidea praecursor n. sp.
Purpuroidea praecursor n. sp. Fischer et al. 2002 periwinkle
 Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
Pseudomelania (Oonia) turgidula, Pseudomelania (Oonia) erope
 Cerithioidea - Cryptaulacidae
Cerithinella (Cerithinella) piettei
 Vetigastropoda - Cirridae
Aristerella zignoi, Spirocirrus cancellatus n. sp., Cirrus (Discocirrus) semiplanus n. sp.
Spirocirrus cancellatus n. sp. Fischer et al. 2002 snail
Cirrus (Discocirrus) semiplanus n. sp. Fischer et al. 2002 snail
 Pleurotomarioidea - Trochotomidae
Trochotoma (Trochotoma) vetusta
 Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae
Amberleya (Eucyclus) cuccoensis n. sp.
Amberleya (Eucyclus) cuccoensis n. sp. Fischer et al. 2002 snail
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Emarginula (Tauschia) meneghiniana, Emarginula (Tauschia) sexagenicostae n. sp.
Emarginula (Tauschia) sexagenicostae n. sp. Fischer et al. 2002 snail
 Opisthobranchia -
Ceritella (Ceritella) apenninica n. sp.
Ceritella (Ceritella) apenninica n. sp. Fischer et al. 2002 snail