San Giovanni Rotondo Formation
San Giovanni Rotondo Formation Stratigraphic range: Hauterivian-Barremian ~ | |
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Type | Geological formation |
Lithology | |
Primary | Limestone |
Other | Claystone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 41°42′N 15°42′E / 41.7°N 15.7°ECoordinates: 41°42′N 15°42′E / 41.7°N 15.7°E |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 26°06′N 19°42′E / 26.1°N 19.7°E |
Region | Apulia |
Country | Italy |
San Giovanni Rotondo Formation (Italy) |
The San Giovanni Rotondo Formation is an Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian to Barremian) geologic formation in Italy. Fossil ornithopod tracks have been reported from the formation.[1]
Fossil content[]
The following fossils have been reported from the formation:
- Ichnofossils
See also[]
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
- List of stratigraphic units with ornithischian tracks
- Ornithopod tracks
- List of stratigraphic units with ornithischian tracks
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Italy
References[]
- ^ Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.517-607
Bibliography[]
- The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, 1–880. Berkeley: University of California Press. Accessed 2019-02-21. ISBN 0-520-24209-2 ; , and . 2004.
- P. Gianolla, M. D. Morsilli, F. M. Dalla Vecchia, A. Borsellini, and A. Russo. 2000. Impronte di dinosauri nel Cretaceo inferiore del Gargano (Puglia, Italia Meridionale): nuove implicazioni paleogeografiche [Dinosaur footprints from the Lower Cretaceous of Gargano (Puglia, southern Italy): new paleogeographic implications]. In G. B. Carulli & G. Longo Salvador (ed.), 80° Riunione Estiva, Società Geologica Italiana, Riassunti delle comunicazioni orali e dei posters 265-266
Categories:
- Geologic formations of Italy
- Lower Cretaceous Series of Europe
- Cretaceous Italy
- Barremian Stage
- Hauterivian Stage
- Limestone formations
- Shale formations
- Reef deposits
- Ichnofossiliferous formations
- Paleontology in Italy
- Geography of Apulia