Pietraroja Plattenkalk
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| Pietraroja Plattenkalk | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Albian ~ | |
 The village of Pietraroja with, immediately above it, the Le Cavere quarry, where the Pietraroja Plattenkalk outcrops | |
| 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 |
  Pietraroja Plattenkalk (Italy) | |
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] and the type locality of the formation is the La Cavere quarry, which is near the village of Pietraroja.
Paleofauna
[edit]Mollusca
[edit]| Genus | Species | Location | Material | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bivalves | Cavere | |||
| Gastropoda | Cavere |
Crustaceans
[edit]| Genus | Species | Location | Material | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pseudastacus | Cavere | |||
| Parvocaris | Cavere | |||
| Macropenaeus | M. incertus | Cavere |
Fish
[edit]| Genus | Species | Location | Material | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rhinobatos | Cavere | The only known species of chondrichthyes in Pietraroja | ||
| Ocloedus | Cavere | A pycnodont fish | ||
| Lepidotes | Cavere | A lepidotid fish | ||
| Belonostomus | Cavere | An aspidorhynchid fish | ||
| Italoalbula | I. pietrarojae | Cavere | An albulid fish | |
| Italoelops | I. foreyi | Cavere | An elopid fish.[3] | |
| Caeus | C. leopoldi | Cavere | An Gonorynchiformid fish |
Amphibians
[edit]| Genus | Species | Location | Material | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Celtedens | C. megacephalus | Cavere | An albanerpetontid |  |
Lepidosaurs
[edit]| Genus | Species | Location | Material | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derasmosaurus | D. pietraroiae | Cavere | A rhynchocephalian. Initially attributed to Chometokadmon | .jpg) | |
| Eichstaettisaurus | E. gouldi | Cavere | A lizard, possibly related to geckos. One of the two specimens was found as the gastric contents of a second reptile. |  | |
| Costasaurus | C. rusconi | Cavere | A lizard. |  | |
| Chometokadmon | C. fitzingeri | Cavere | A lizard. |  | |
| Rynchocephalia indet | unknown | Cavere | |||
| Sphenodontidae indet.[4] | unknown | Cavere |
Crocodylomorpha
[edit]| Genus | Species | Location | Material | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pietraroiasuchus | P. ormezzanoi | Cavere | Two articulated skeletons | Previously assigned to Pachycheilosuchus, now sister taxon |
Dinosaurs
[edit]| Genus | Species | Location | Material | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scipionyx | S. samniticus | Cavere | A nearly complete skeleton in perfect condition | Tiny juvenile theropod |  |
Paleoflora
[edit]Algae
[edit]| Genus | Species | Location | Material | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salpingoporella | Cavere | |||
| Thaumatoporella | Cavere |
Plants
[edit]| Genus | Species | Location | Material | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zamites | Cavere | |||
| Brachyphyllum | Cavere |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ (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.
- ^ Taverne, Louis; Capasso, Luigi (2024). "OSTEOLOGY AND RELATIONSHIPS OF ITALOELOPS FOREYI GEN. AND SP. NOV. (TELEOSTEI, ELOPIFORMES) FROM THE ALBIAN (LOWER CRETACEOUS) OF PIETRAROJA (CAMPANIA, SOUTHERN ITALY)" (PDF). Atti Mus. Civ. St. Nat. Trieste. XII (65): 7–21.
- ^ 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. Bibcode:2014CrRes..49..172C. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2014.02.001.
Bibliography
[edit]- Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka (2004), The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 1–880, ISBN 0-520-24209-2, retrieved 2019-02-21
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