Geologic formation in Campania From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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. 49: 172–180. Bibcode:2014CrRes..49..172C. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2014.02.001.
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