Pietraroja Plattenkalk
Geologic formation in Campania
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The Pietraroja 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.
PrimaryLimestone
| Pietraroja Plattenkalk | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Albian ~ | |
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 | 41.3°N 14.5°E |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 23.5°N 16.2°E |
| Region | Campania |
| Country | Italy |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Pietraroja |
  Pietraroja Plattenkalk (Italy) | |
Paleofauna
| Color key | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taxon | Reclassified taxon | Taxon falsely reported as present | Dubious taxon or junior synonym | Ichnotaxon | Ootaxon | Morphotaxon | |
Notes
Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; crossed out taxa are discredited.
Mollusca
| Genus | Species | Location | Material | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bivalves | Cavere | |||
| Gastropoda | Cavere |
Crustaceans
| Genus | Species | Location | Material | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Astacidea | Indeterminate[3] | Cavere | Originally identified as Pseudastacus | |
| Huxleycaris | H. beneventana[3] | Cavere | An axiid | |
| Micropenaeus | M. tenuirostris[3] | Cavere | A penaeid | |
| Parvocaris | P. samnitica[3] | Cavere | A caridean within uncertain family |
Fish
| Genus | Species | Location | Material | Notes | images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aethalionopsis | A. robustus | Cavere | A gonorynchiform fish[4] |     | |
| Armigatus | A. elatus, A. plinii | Cavere | An ellimmichthyiform fish[5] | ||
| Belonostomus | B. crassirostris, B. cf. crassirostris | Cavere | An aspidorhynchid fish[6] | ||
| Brauccipycnodus | B. pillae | Cavere | A pycnodont fish, originally classified in the genus Proscinetes[7] | ||
| Caeus | C. leopoldi | Cavere | A gonorynchiform fish | ||
| Cavinichthys | C. pachylepis | A crossognathiform fish[8] | |||
| Cladocyclus | C. sp. | Cavere | An ichthyodectiform fish, originally identified as Chirocentrites[9][10][11] | ||
| Clupavus | C. sp. | An ostariophysian fish | |||
| Coelodus/Ocloedus | C. costae | Cavere | While C. costae from Capo d'Orlando got own genus Costapycnodus, records of C. costae from Pietraroja actually represents Gregoriopycnodus[12][13] | ||
| Elopopsis | E. aff. fenzii | [4] | |||
| Gregoriopycnodus | G. bassanii | A pycnodont fish, originally classified in the genus Palaeobalistum, Coelodus, Proscinetes[13] | |||
| ?Hemielopopsis | ?H. gibbus | [4] | |||
| ?Hypsospondylus | ?H. bassanii | [4] | |||
| Ionoscopus | I. petrarojae | An ionoscopiform fish[14] | |||
| Italoalbula | I. pietrarojae | Cavere | An albulid fish | ||
| Italoelops | I. foreyi | Cavere | An elopid fish[15] | ||
| Italophiopsis | I. derasmoi | An ionoscopiform fish[16] | |||
| Lepidotes | L. sp. | Cavere | A lepidotid fish | ||
| Notagogus | N. pentlandi | Cavere | A macrosemiid fish | ||
| Paraclupea | P. pietrarojae | An ellimmichthyiform fish[5] | |||
| ?Phorcynis | ?P. sp. | An elasmobranch[4] | |||
| Pleuropholis | P. decastroi | A pleuropholid fish[17] | |||
| Propterus | P. scacchi | Cavere | A macrosemiid fish[4] | ||
| "Rhinobatos" | "R". obtusatus[18] | Cavere | A Rhinobatid guitarfish[19] | ||
| ?Sauropsidium | ?S. laevissimum | Cavere | [4] |
Amphibians
| Genus | Species | Location | Material | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Celtedens | C. megacephalus | Cavere | An albanerpetontid |  |
Lepidosaurs
| Genus | Species | Location | Material | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derasmosaurus | D. pietraroiae | Cavere | A rhynchocephalian. Initially attributed to Chometokadmon | .jpg) | |
| 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.[20] | unknown | Cavere |
Crocodylomorpha
| Genus | Species | Location | Material | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pietraroiasuchus | P. ormezzanoi | Cavere | Two articulated skeletons | Previously assigned to Pachycheilosuchus, now sister taxon |
Dinosaurs
Paleoflora
Algae
| Genus | Species | Location | Material | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salpingoporella | Cavere | |||
| Thaumatoporella | Cavere |
Plants
| Genus | Species | Location | Material | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zamites | Cavere | |||
| Brachyphyllum | Cavere |
