Pietraroja Plattenkalk | |
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Stratigraphic range: Albian ~ | |
Type | Geological formation |
Lithology | |
Primary | Limestone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 41°18′N 14°30′E / 41.3°N 14.5°E |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 23°30′N 16°12′E / 23.5°N 16.2°E |
Region | Campania |
Country | Italy |
Type section | |
Named for | Pietraroja |
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.