Where: Ancona, Italy (43.8° N, 13.0° E: paleocoordinates 30.4° N, 19.1° E)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: superiore Member (Bugarone Formation), Early/Lower Berriasian (145.0 - 140.2 Ma)

• Possibly the base of the Berriasian, Jacobi Zone

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (); lithified, white limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Preservation: mold/impression, original calcite, replaced with calcite

Collection methods: quarrying,

• Repository: APAT - Agenzia per la Protezione dell'Ambiente e per i Servizi Tecnici. Collezioni Paleontologiche. Roma

Primary reference: F. Cecca, S. Cresta, G. Pallini and M. Santantonio. 1986. Biostratigrafia ed ammoniti del Dogger-Malm di Colle Tordina (Monti della Rossa, Appennino marchigiano). Bollettino del Servizio Geologico d'Italia 104:177-204 [F. Cecca/F. Cecca/F. Cecca]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 46546: authorized by Fabrizio Cecca, entered by Fabrizio Cecca on 19.01.2005

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