Earth:Pietraroja Formation
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| Pietraroja Formation Stratigraphic range: Albian | |
|---|---|
| Type | Geological formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone |
| Location | |
| Region | Campania |
| Country |  Italy |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Pietraroja |
The Pietraroja Formation, also referred to as 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]
Paleofauna
See also
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
- List of stratigraphic units with few dinosaur genera
Footnotes
- ↑ (in Italian) Ciro, the Italian dinosaur from Pietraroja
- ↑ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
References
- Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN:0-520-24209-2.
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