Where: Italy (37.5° N, 14.0° E: paleocoordinates 24.1° N, 12.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Sinemurian (199.3 - 190.8 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unknown lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Late Jurassic in text; more recent publications report the presence of Sinemurian in the area of Montagna di Casale; placed in Sinemurian by enterer to avoid stratigraphic orphaning. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within local section.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, white limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Pisa Museum, Italy.
Primary reference: A. G. Smith. 1973. Fossil chitons from the Mesozoic - A checklist and bibliography. Occasional papers of the California Academy of Sciences 103:1-30 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 91197: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 10.09.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Polyplacophora | |
Allochiton altus, Allochiton costulatus, Allochiton gemmellaroi, Heterochiton vinassai, Heterochiton compressus, Heterochiton buccai, Heterochiton giganteus, Heterochiton zitteli
Allochiton altus Fucini 1912 chiton
Allochiton costulatus Fucini 1912 chiton
Allochiton gemmellaroi Fucini 1912 chiton
Heterochiton vinassai Fucini 1912 chiton
Heterochiton compressus Scalia 1903 chiton
Heterochiton buccai Fucini 1912 chiton
Heterochiton giganteus Scalia 1903 chiton
Heterochiton zitteli Scalia 1903 chiton | |
Pterygochiton distefanoi Fucini 1912 chiton
Pterygochiton mirificus Fucini 1912 chiton
Pterygochiton busambrensis Scalia 1903 chiton |