Pietraroja Plattenkalk
Appearance
Pietraroja Plattenkalk | |
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Stratigraphic range: Albian ~ | |
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 | Italy |
Type section | |
Named for | Pietraroja |
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
- Scipionyx samniticus
- Pietraroiasuchus ormezzanoi
- Derasmosaurus pietraroiae
- Eichstaettisaurus gouldi
- Costasaurus rusconi
- Chometokadmon fitzingeri
- Celtedens megacephalus
- Rynchocephalia indet
- Sphenodontidae indet.[3]
See also
References
- ^ (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.