Pietraroja Plattenkalk

Pietraroja Plattenkalk
Stratigraphic range: Albian
~112–100 Ma

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	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°ECoordinates: 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[]

Mollusca[]

Mollusca
Genus	Species	Location	Material	Notes
Bivalves		Cavere
Gastropoda		Cavere

Crustaceans[]

Crustaceans
Genus	Species	Location
		Cavere
		Cavere
Macropenaeus	M. incertus	Cavere

Fish[]

Fish
Genus	Species	Location	Notes
Rhinobatos		Cavere	The only known species of chondrichthy in Pietraroja
		Cavere	A pycnodont fish
Lepidotes		Cavere	A lepidotid fish
Belonostomus		Cavere	An aspidorhynchid fish
	I. pietrarojae	Cavere	An albulid fish
Caeus	C. leopoldi	Cavere	An Gonorynchiformid fish

Amphibians[]

Amphibians
Genus	Species	Location	Material	Notes	Images
Celtedens	C. megacephalus	Cavere		An albanerpetontid

Lepidosaurs[]

Lepidosauria
Genus	Species	Location	Notes
Derasmosaurus	D. pietraroiae	Cavere	A rhynchocephalian. Initially attributed to Chometokadmon
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.
	C. rusconi	Cavere	A lizard.
Chometokadmon	C. fitzingeri	Cavere	A lizard.
Rynchocephalia indet	unknown	Cavere
Sphenodontidae indet.^[3]	unknown	Cavere

Crocodylomorpha[]

Crocodylomorpha
Genus	Species	Location	Material	Notes
Pietraroiasuchus	P. ormezzanoi	Cavere	Two articulated skeletons	Previously assigned to Pachycheilosuchus, now sister taxon

Dinosaurs[]

Dinosaurs
Genus	Species	Location	Material	Notes	Images
Scipionyx	S. samniticus	Cavere	A nearly complete skeleton in perfect conditin	Tiny juvenile theropod

Paleoflora[]

Algae[]

Algae
Genus	Species	Location	Material	Notes
		Cavere
		Cavere

Plants[]

Plants
Genus	Species	Location	Material	Notes
Zamites		Cavere
Brachyphyllum		Cavere

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.

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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[1] (in Italian) Ciro, the Italian dinosaur from Pietraroja Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine

[dinosaurdistribution-2] Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.

[:0-3] 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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