Pietraroja Plattenkalk Explained

Pietraroja Plattenkalk
Type:	Geological formation
Age:	Albian ~
Period:	Albian
Prilithology:	Limestone
Namedfor:	Pietraroja
Region:	Campania
Coordinates:	41.3°N 14.5°W
Paleocoordinates:	23.5°N 16.2°W

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!Material!Notes

Pseudastacus		Cavere
Parvocaris		Cavere
Macropenaeus	M. incertus	Cavere

Fish

Fish!Genus!Species!Location!Material!Notes

Rhinobatos		Cavere		The only known species of chondrichthy in Pietraroja
Ocloedus		Cavere		A pycnodont fish
Lepidotes		Cavere		A lepidotid fish
Belonostomus		Cavere		An aspidorhynchid fish
Italoalbula	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!Material!Notes!Images

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.
Costasaurus	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 condition

Tiny juvenile theropod

Paleoflora

Algae

Algae!Genus!Species!Location!Material!Notes

Salpingoporella		Cavere
Thaumatoporella		Cavere

Plants

Plants!Genus!Species!Location!Material!Notes

Zamites		Cavere
Brachyphyllum		Cavere

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
• List of stratigraphic units with few dinosaur genera

References

Bibliography

Notes and References

1. Ciro, the Italian dinosaur from Pietraroja
2. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
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. en. 49. 172–180. 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.02.001. 2014CrRes..49..172C .