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

Gastropoda
 Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae
Amberleya (Eucyclus) cuccoensis n. sp. Fischer et al. 2002 snail
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Emarginula (Tauschia) sexagenicostae n. sp. Fischer et al. 2002 snail
 Pleurotomarioidea - Trochotomidae
 Vetigastropoda - Cirridae
Spirocirrus cancellatus n. sp. Fischer et al. 2002 snail
Cirrus (Discocirrus) semiplanus n. sp. Fischer et al. 2002 snail
 Opisthobranchia -
Ceritella (Ceritella) apenninica n. sp. Fischer et al. 2002 snail
 Neritoina - Neritopsidae
 Heterostropha - Cylindrobullinidae
 Heterostropha - Tubiferidae
Proceritella ceccai n. sp. Fischer et al. 2002 snail
 Heterostropha - Nerinellidae
Aptyxiella latina n. sp. Fischer et al. 2002 snail
 Cerithioidea - Cryptaulacidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Procerithiidae
Climacina umbriensis n. sp. Fischer et al. 2002 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Purpurinidae
Purpuroidea praecursor n. sp. Fischer et al. 2002 periwinkle
 Sorbeoconcha - Settsassiidae
Katosira contii n. sp. Fischer et al. 2002 snail
 Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae