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Pietraroja Plattenkalk
Pietraroja Plattenkalk
Stratigraphic range: Albian; ~112–100 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Geological formation
Lithology
Primary	Limestone
Location
Coordinates	41°18′N 14°30′E / 41.3°N 14.5°E
Approximate paleocoordinates	23°30′N 16°12′E / 23.5°N 16.2°E
Region	Campania
Country	Vatican City
Type section
Named for	Pietraroja
	Pietraroja Plattenkalk (Vatican City)

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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]

late Early Cretaceous (105 Ma)

^ (in Italian) Ciro, the Italian dinosaur from Pietraroja Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
^ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
^ 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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