Palaeontological study of Middle Oxfordian- Early Kimmeridgian (Late Jurassic) ammonites from the Rosso Ammonitico of Monte Inici (north-western Sicily, Italy)
Author
Cecca, Fabrizio
Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, CNRS-UMR 5143 “ Paléobiodiversité et Paléoenvironnements ”, case 104, 4 place Jussieu, F- 75252 Paris cedex 05 (France) cecca @ ccr. jussieu. fr
Author
Savary, Bérengère
Schlumberger Stavanger Research, Risabergveien 3, Tananger, P. O. Box 8013, N- 4068 Stavanger (Norway) BSavary @ stavanger. oilfield. slb. com
text
Geodiversitas
2007
29
4
507
548
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.4651042
1638-9395
4651042
Euaspidoceras
cf.
lytoceroide
? (Gemmellaro, 1876) (
Fig. 7D
)
MATERIAL EXAMINED. — MI3 9/9.
STRATIGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION. — Bed 9 of section Castello Inici, which has been assigned to the Middle Oxfordian Plicatilis Zone.
DESCRIPTION
The specimen is an eroded internal mold of an aspidoceratid whose size is approximately
85 mm
. The inner whorls are dissolved but traces of ventrolateral tubercles are visible from a diameter of
7 mm
. Eight tubercles per whorl exist at a diameter of approximately
21 mm
. No traces of umbilical tubercles and ribs are visible. The preserved portion of the last whorl shows traces of ventrolateral tubercles and corroded folds that likely are rib remains. Because any traces of suture lines are visible it is impossible to state whether this specimen bears the body chamber or not.
Due to the incomplete preservation, measurements cannot be taken.
DISCUSSION
The preservation of the specimen is extremely poor but the tubercles of the inner whorls and the coiling aspect suggest a tentative comparison with
E
.
lytoceroide
.