Fontana Difali, Monte Erice (Gemmellaro collection) (Jurassic to of Italy)

Where: Italy (38.0° N, 12.6° E: paleocoordinates 26.4° N, 15.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Toarcian to Late/Upper Toarcian (180.1 - 170.3 Ma)

• Primarily Aalenian, but ranges as low as the Late Toarcian (based on presence of Catulloceras dumortieri, Pleydellia aalensis, etc.)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, gray limestone

• Dark gray limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by G. Gemmellaro

• REPOSITORY: Museo Gemmellaro at the University of Palermo (MGUP)

Primary reference: G. G. Gemmellaro. 1886. Sui Dogger inferiore di Monte San Giuliano (Erice). Giornale di Scienze Naturali ed Economiche di Palermo 17:197-213 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 171174: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 04.07.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Nautilidae
"Nautilus waageni n. sp." = Eutrephoceras waageni
"Nautilus waageni n. sp." = Eutrephoceras waageni Gemmellaro 1886 nautiloid
 Nautilida - Cenoceratidae
"Nautilus zitteli n. sp." = Ophionautilus zitteli, "Nautilus catonis n. sp." = Ophionautilus catonis, "Nautilus mazzarensis n. sp." = Cenoceras mazzarensis, "Nautilus cf. excavatus" = Cenoceras excavatus, "Nautilus zignoi n. sp." = Cenoceras zignoi, "Nautilus erycinus n. sp." = Cenoceras erycinus, "Nautilus lutatii n. sp." = Cenoceras (Metacenoceras) lutatii, "Nautilus marii n. sp." = Cenoceras marii, "Nautilus thyrrenus n. sp." = Cenoceras thyrrenus
"Nautilus zitteli n. sp." = Ophionautilus zitteli Gemmellaro 1886 nautiloid
"Nautilus catonis n. sp." = Ophionautilus catonis Gemmellaro 1886 nautiloid
"Nautilus mazzarensis n. sp." = Cenoceras mazzarensis Tagliarini 1901 nautiloid
"Nautilus cf. excavatus" = Cenoceras excavatus Sowerby 1826 nautiloid
"Nautilus zignoi n. sp." = Cenoceras zignoi Gemmellaro 1886 nautiloid
"Nautilus erycinus n. sp." = Cenoceras erycinus Tagliarini 1901 nautiloid
"Nautilus lutatii n. sp." = Cenoceras (Metacenoceras) lutatii Gemmellaro 1886 nautiloid
"Nautilus marii n. sp." = Cenoceras marii Gemmellaro 1886 nautiloid
"Nautilus thyrrenus n. sp." = Cenoceras thyrrenus Tagliarini 1901 nautiloid
 Nautilida - Pseudonautilidae
"Nautilus drepanensis n. sp." = Pseudaganides drepanensis, "Nautilus duilii n. sp." = Pseudaganides duilii, "Nautilus tukeryi n. sp." = Pseudaganides tukeryi
"Nautilus drepanensis n. sp." = Pseudaganides drepanensis Tagliarini 1901 nautiloid
"Nautilus duilii n. sp." = Pseudaganides duilii Gemmellaro 1886 nautiloid
"Nautilus tukeryi n. sp." = Pseudaganides tukeryi Gemmellaro 1886 nautiloid