Monte Arzano: Lutetian, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae
Nautilus centralis Sowerby 1812
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
Age range of interval: 47.8 - 41.2 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Presumably Lutetian like the other nautiloid-bearing locality
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
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:171517
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2015-07-11 22:16:26 Last modified:2015-07-11 22:16:26
Access level:the public Released:2015-07-11 22:16:26
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]