Pietraroja Plattenkalk
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]
| Pietraroja Plattenkalk Stratigraphic range: Albian ~112–100 Ma | |
|---|---|
| Type | Geological formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 41.3°N 14.5°E |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 23.5°N 16.2°E |
| Region | Campania |
| Country |  |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Pietraroja |
  Pietraroja Plattenkalk (Italy) | |
Paleofauna
late Early Cretaceous (105 Ma)
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See also
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
- List of stratigraphic units with few dinosaur genera
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.
Bibliography
- Weishampel, David B.; Peter Dodson, and Halszka (eds.) Osmólska. 2004. The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, 1–880. Berkeley: University of California Press. Accessed 2019-02-21. ISBN 0-520-24209-2
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