Search results for "Ammonite"

JURASSIC AMMONITE ASSOCIATIONS FROM A SECTION NEAR SAMBUCA DI SICILIA (SCIACCA, SICILY).

2012

New data on Middle and Upper Jurassic ammonite successions from the Sciacca area in Southern Sicily.

2011

Taxonomic revision of two Mesozoic ammonites collections housed at the "G.G. Gemmellaro" Museum (Palermo, Sicily).

2013

Two historical collections of Mesozoic ammonites from the Tardàra Mountain (SO Sicily), housed in the “Gaetano Giorgio Gemmellaro” Museum of the University of Palermo, have been revised in this paper. The former and the older collection, studied by Mariano Gemmellaro in the 1919, it is composed of 27 specimens, attributed to 5 genera. All the taxa studied by the Author were referred to the Middle Jurassic, Macrocephalites macrocephalus Zone (early Callovian stage). The second collection, studied by Francesco Bruno in the 1954, consists of 46 specimens attributed to 13 genera. The species identified by Bruno were referred to a chronostratigraphic range spanning from Callovian to Tithonian (M…

Biostratigraphical study of the Middle-Upper Jurassic ammonite association of Stretta Arancio’s section (Southern Sicily, Italy).

2013

This stratigraphical study is part of the revision work that has been carried out for the last ten years on some Jurassic successions outcropping in Southwestern Sicily. For this purpose, a synthesis of the data on the Middle-Upper Jurassic sequence from Stretta Arancio, near Sambuca di Sicilia (Agrigento Province) have been described in this paper. The deposits, constituting the succession of this area, are part of the Monte Magaggiaro-Pizzo Telegrafo Unit that belongs to a large tectonic unit located in the outer part of the Apennine-Maghrebide chain. During the Mesozoic Era, this Unit was part of the Saccense Domain, an area palaeogeographically located along the southern margin of Tethy…

Asteroceras langi Dommergues & Meister, un hommage au Professeur J. Lang.

2007

4 pages; Une espèce d'ammonite du Sinémurien supérieur du Maroc, Asteroceras langi Dommergues & Meister, dédiée au professeur J. Lang est présentée à nouveau à l'occasion de ce mémoire jubilé.

Apport des ammonites au cadre biostratigraphique et chronostratigraphique du Haut-Atlas de Rich au cours du Lias (Maroc).

2007

11 pages

Nouvelles données sur les ammonites du Sinémurien et du Pliensbachien basal du Haut Atlas central (Maroc). Taxonomie et implications stratigraphiques…

2010

44 pages; La description de 25 taxons dont une nouvelle espèce [Parasteroceras (Paroxynoticeras ?) scaphitoides nov. sp.] dans la région de Béni-Méllal, Midelt et Erachidia apporte de nouvelles informations sur la stratigraphie et la paléogéographie des ammonites du Sinémurien - Pliensbachien basal du Haut Atlas central. Pour cette période sept unités stratigraphiques peuvent être mises en évidence sur la base de taxons d'affinité téthysienne. Cet endémisme méditerranéen s'exprime au niveau du genre (Bouhamidoceras gr. zizense, Dudresnayiceras gr. suessiforme) mais le plus souvent, au niveau de l'espèce ou de la sous-espèce [Angulaticeras cf. coquandi, A. angustisulcatum, Arnioceras gr. rej…

The Albian (Vraconnian)-Cenomanian boundary at the western Tethyan margins (Central Tunisia and southeastern France).

2008

AbstractThrough the description and interpretation of the position of macro- and microfossils in several sections of the Albian-Cenomanian boundary in SE France and Central Tunisia, a comparison is made between the north and south margins of the Tethyan Ocean by using the occurrences of marker bioevents. For the planktonic foraminifera, the criterions applicable for the accurate determination of Thalmanninella globotruncanoides (Sigal) – the marker species for the base of the Cenomanian stage – are discussed. The species Th. globotruncanoides and the intermediate forms with its ancestor Th. caroni (Ion) are illustrated. For the ammonites, two subjects are new. Firstly, the species Stoliczka…

Paleoclimatic control of biogeographic and sedimentary events in Tethyan and peri-Tethyan areas during the Oxfordian (Late Jurassic)

2005

International audience; The paleobiogeographical distribution of Oxfordian ammonites and coral reefs in northern and Central Europe, the Mediterranean area, North and East Africa, and the Middle East and Central Asia is compared with the distribution in time and space of the most important lithofacies. Interest in the Oxfordian is focused on changes in facies and in biogeographical patterns that can be interpreted as the results of climatic events. Paleotemperature trends inferred from oxygen isotopes and paleoclimatic simulations are tested against fossil and facies data. A Late Callovian–Early Oxfordian crisis in carbonate production is indicated by the widespread absence of Lower Oxfordi…

Ammonite diversity and its palaeobiogeographical structure during the early Pliensbachian (Jurassic) in the western Tethys and adjacent areas.

2009

14 pages; International audience; The early Pliensbachian (Early Jurassic) is known as a time of marked provincialism in the marine realm, notably between the Mediterranean Tethys and North–West Europe. In order to test this observation quantitatively, we compiled 104 locality-level species lists from those areas based on a comprehensive revision of early Pliensbachian ammonites. With this dataset, we also explore the relationship between ammonite richness and biogeography at the scale of the sub-chronozone during the early Pliensbachian. Using various multivariate statistics and rarefaction techniques, we show that: (i) there is a sharp contrast between the NW European (NWE) and the Medite…