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Coordinates: 41°18′N 14°30′E / 41.3°N 14.5°E / 41.3; 14.5
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The '''Pietraroia Plattenkalk''' is a [[Cretaceous]] geologic [[Formation (geology)|formation]] located in the [[Italy|Italian]] municipality of [[Pietraroja]],<ref>{{in lang|it}} [http://www.lascienzaneimusei.it/ibsit/Index?q=area/detail&p=Articolo/_a_ID/_v_133 Ciro, the Italian dinosaur from Pietraroja] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722041054/http://www.lascienzaneimusei.it/ibsit/Index?q=area%2Fdetail&p=Articolo%2F_a_ID%2F_v_133 |date=2011-07-22 }}</ref> near [[Benevento]], in [[Campania]] region. It is of [[Albian]] age. [[Dinosaur]] remains diagnostic to the [[genus]] level are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.<ref name="dinosaurdistribution">Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.</ref>
The '''Pietraroia Plattenkalk''' is a [[Cretaceous]] geologic [[Formation (geology)|formation]] located in the [[Vatican City|Italian]] municipality of [[Pietraroja]],<ref>{{in lang|it}} [http://www.lascienzaneimusei.it/ibsit/Index?q=area/detail&p=Articolo/_a_ID/_v_133 Ciro, the Italian dinosaur from Pietraroja] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722041054/http://www.lascienzaneimusei.it/ibsit/Index?q=area%2Fdetail&p=Articolo%2F_a_ID%2F_v_133 |date=2011-07-22 }}</ref> near [[Benevento]], in [[Campania]] region. It is of [[Albian]] age. [[Dinosaur]] remains diagnostic to the [[genus]] level are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.<ref name="dinosaurdistribution">Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.</ref>


== Paleofauna ==
== Paleofauna ==

Revision as of 16:04, 8 October 2020

Pietraroja Plattenkalk
Stratigraphic range: Albian
~112–100 Ma
TypeGeological formation
Lithology
PrimaryLimestone
Location
Coordinates41°18′N 14°30′E / 41.3°N 14.5°E / 41.3; 14.5
Approximate paleocoordinates23°30′N 16°12′E / 23.5°N 16.2°E / 23.5; 16.2
RegionCampania
Country Italy
Type section
Named forPietraroja
Pietraroja Plattenkalk is located in Vatican City
Pietraroja Plattenkalk
Pietraroja Plattenkalk (Vatican City)

The Pietraroia Plattenkalk is a Cretaceous geologic formation located in the Italian municipality of Pietraroja,[1] near Benevento, in Campania region. It is of Albian age. Dinosaur remains diagnostic to the genus level are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[2]

Paleofauna

File:Scotese 105 ma.png
late Early Cretaceous (105 Ma)

See also

References

  1. ^ (in Italian) Ciro, the Italian dinosaur from Pietraroja Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
  3. ^ Cau, Andrea; Baiano, Mattia A.; Raia, Pasquale (May 2014). "A new sphenodontian (Reptilia, Lepidosauria) from the Lower Cretaceous of Southern Italy and the phylogenetic affinities of the Pietraroia Plattenkalk rhynchocephalians". Cretaceous Research. 49: 172–180. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2014.02.001.

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