San Giovanni Rotondo Formation Explained

San Giovanni Rotondo Formation
Type:	Geological formation
Age:	Hauterivian-Barremian ~
Period:	Barremian
Prilithology:	Limestone
Otherlithology:	Claystone
Region:	Apulia
Country:	Italy
Coordinates:	41.7°N 15.7°W
Paleocoordinates:	26.1°N 19.7°W

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

• Ornithischia indet.
• Theropoda indet.

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
  • List of stratigraphic units with ornithischian tracks
    • Ornithopod tracks
• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Italy
  • Calcare di Altamura
  • Calcare di Bari

References

Bibliography

• • 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

Notes and References

1. Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.517-607