Cava D'Anna, Mt. Magaggiaro: Aalenian, Italy
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Graphoceratidae
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| 1 fragment | ||||||||||
| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
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Leioceras (Cypholioceras) lineatum
(Buckman 1899)
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6 specimens | |||||||||
| (12 measurements) | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Hildoceratidae
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Tmetoceras scissum
(Benecke 1865)
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3 fragments | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Hammatoceratidae
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Planammatoceras planinsigne
(Vacek 1886)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Lytoceratidae
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Audaxlytoceras ophioneum
(Benecke 1865)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Phylloceratida
- Phylloceratidae
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Phylloceras spp.
Suess 1865
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| & 3 fragments (5 measurements) | ||||||||||
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Holcophylloceras ultramontanum
(Zittel 1869)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| (3 measurements) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Italy | State/province: | Sicily | County: | Trapani |
| Coordinates: | 37.6° North, 13.0° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | |||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Middle Jurassic |
| Stage: | Aalenian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Aalenian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 174.7 - 170.9 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Inici |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | condensed,ferruginous,pebbly,stromatolitic,brown lithified calcareous conglomerate |
| Secondary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Lithology description: A laterally discontinuous condensed horizon, dark brown in colour, characterized by an impressive accumulation of cephalopod shells and by the occurrence of metallic (mostly Fe) crusts and stromatolithic caps. | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Repository: Museo di Paleontologia of the Università "La Sapienza" of Rome (Italy) | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 151229 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | P. Vazquez | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-09-24 09:16:12 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-09-24 09:16:12 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 48259. | G. Pallini, S. Elmi, and F. Gasparri. 2004. Late Toarcian - Late Aalenian ammonites assemblage from Mt. Magaggiaro (Western Sicily, Italy). Geologica Romana 37:1-66 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez] |