San Giovanni Ilarione: Lutetian, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Hercoglossidae
Nautilus hilarionis n. sp. de Gregorio 1880
Cimomia imperialis (Sowerby 1812)
Dieni 2012
Part of De Gregorio's Nautilus hilarionis
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae
Nautilus centralis Sowerby 1812
Gastropoda - Eocypraeidae
Cypraea (Aricia) mazzepae n. sp. De Gregorio 1880
Dolin and Ledon 2002
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy
Coordinates: 45.5° North, 11.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.2° North, 9.6° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Eocene
Stage: Lutetian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 2
Key time interval: Lutetian Nannofossil zone:  CP14a
Age range of interval: 47.8 - 41.2 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Simultaneous presence of Reticulofenestra umbilicus and Chiasmolithus solitus indicates that the assemblage belongs to the Biozone CP14a of Okada & Bukry (1980) and thus suggests a Lutetian age. (Note: this would be latest Lutetian; PJW.)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal,yellow lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: Yellow biocalcarenite
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Repository: Nicolis collection and Palermo (specimens cannot be found, according to Dieni, 2012)
Metadata
Database number:171516
Authorizer:M. Clapham, P. Wagner Enterer:M. Clapham, P. Wagner
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2015-07-11 21:21:11 Last modified:2016-04-28 21:45:08
Access level:the public Released:2015-07-11 21:21:11
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

55776. A. de Gregorio. 1880. Fauna di S. Giovanni Ilarione (Parisiano). Parte 1a: Cefalopodi e Gasteropodi 1-110 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

55775 I. Dieni. 2012. “Pompeian” mating molluscs: sexual behaviour frozen by Paleogene submarine volcanic activity in northern Italy. Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana 51:109-116 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
59014 L. Dolin, J. Biosca-Munts, and D. Parcerisa. 2013. Olianatrivia riberai n. gen., n. sp. (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda), une Ovulidae singulière du Bartonien (Éocène moyen) de Catalogne (Espagne). Geodiversitas 35(4):777-786 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]
57815 L. Dolin and D. Ledon. 2002. Nouveaux taxons et discussion de la systématique des genres correspondants d’Ovulidae (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda) de l’Éocène inférieur de Gan (France). Geodiversitas 24(2):329-347 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/M. Clapham]