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Mollistephaninae and Frebolditinae, new subfamilies of Middle Jurassic stephanoceratid Ammonoidea
Two new Bajocian stephanoceratid subfamilies are distinguished based on morpho-structural criteria and phyletic patterns. At the Aalenian/Bajocian transition, Stephanoceratinae of the genus Albarracinites are the...
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Two Examples of the Geoheritage Potential of Piedmont (NW Italy): Verrua Savoia for the Present, Valle Ceppi for the Future
The aim of this article is to describe two “model” geosites of Torino province (Piedmont, NW Italy) in order to explain the state of the art of paleontological and stratigraphical geosite inventory and managem...
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Formal proposal for the Bathonian GSSP (Middle Jurassic) in the Ravin du Bès Section (Bas-Auran, SE France)
The Bathonian Global Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) is proposed at the base of limestone bed RB071 (bed 23 in Sturani 1967) in the Ravin du Bès Section (43° 57′ 38′′ N, 6° 18′ 55′′ E), Bas-Auran area, “Al...
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Evidence of earliest human occurrence in Europe: the site of Pirro Nord (Southern Italy)
Some flint lithic artifacts were discovered in the fissure fillings of the well-known Pirro Nord site (Apulia, Southern Italy). The lithic industry, composed by three cores and some flakes, has been found to b...
