Montagna di Casale (Jurassic of Italy)

Where: Italy (37.5° N, 14.0° E: paleocoordinates 24.1° N, 12.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Sinemurian (199.3 - 190.8 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unknown lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Late Jurassic in text; more recent publications report the presence of Sinemurian in the area of Montagna di Casale; placed in Sinemurian by enterer to avoid stratigraphic orphaning. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within local section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, white limestone

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: White crystalline limestone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of facies description.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Pisa Museum, Italy.

Primary reference: A. G. Smith. 1973. Fossil chitons from the Mesozoic - A checklist and bibliography. Occasional papers of the California Academy of Sciences 103:1-30 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 91197: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 10.09.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to taxa described in text. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with species-resolution identifications and relatively modern nomenclature.
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Polyplacophora
 Neoloricata -
Pterygochiton busambrensis, Pterygochiton mirificus, Pterygochiton distefanoi
Pterygochiton busambrensis Scalia 1903 chiton
Pterygochiton mirificus Fucini 1912 chiton
Pterygochiton distefanoi Fucini 1912 chiton
 Neoloricata - Ischnochitonidae
Heterochiton vinassai, Heterochiton giganteus, Heterochiton buccai, Heterochiton compressus, Heterochiton zitteli, Allochiton costulatus, Allochiton altus, Allochiton gemmellaroi
Heterochiton vinassai Fucini 1912 chiton
Heterochiton giganteus Scalia 1903 chiton
Heterochiton buccai Fucini 1912 chiton
Heterochiton compressus Scalia 1903 chiton
Heterochiton zitteli Scalia 1903 chiton
Allochiton costulatus Fucini 1912 chiton
Allochiton altus Fucini 1912 chiton
Allochiton gemmellaroi Fucini 1912 chiton