The Pietraroja Plattenkalk is a Cretaceous geologic formation located in the Italian municipality of Pietraroja, Ciro, the Italian dinosaur from Pietraroja 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 formationWeishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607. and the type locality of the formation is the La Cavere quarry, which is near the village of Pietraroja.
Paleofauna
Mollusca +MolluscaGenusSpeciesLocationMaterialNotesBivalvesCavereGastropodaCavere
Crustaceans +CrustaceansGenusSpeciesLocationMaterialNotesAstacideaIndeterminateCavereOriginally identified as PseudastacusHuxleycarisH. beneventanaCavereAn axiidMicropenaeusM. tenuirostrisCavereA penaeidParvocarisP. samniticaCavereA caridean within uncertain family
Fish +FishGenusSpeciesLocationMaterialNotesimagesAethalionopsisA. robustusCavereA gonorynchiform fishArmigatusA. elatus, A. pliniiCavereAn ellimmichthyiform fishBelonostomusB. crassirostris, B. cf. crassirostrisCavereAn aspidorhynchid fishBrauccipycnodusB. pillaeCavereA pycnodont fish, originally classified in the genus ProscinetesCaeusC. leopoldiCavereA gonorynchiform fishCavinichthysC. pachylepisA crossognathiform fishCladocyclusC. sp.CavereAn ichthyodectiform fish, originally identified as ChirocentritesClupavusC. sp.An ostariophysian fishCoelodus/OcloedusC. costaeCavereWhile C. costae from Capo d'Orlando got own genus Costapycnodus, records of C. costae from Pietraroja actually represents GregoriopycnodusElopopsisE. aff. fenziiGregoriopycnodusG. bassaniiA pycnodont fish, originally classified in the genus Palaeobalistum, Coelodus, Proscinetes?Hemielopopsis?H. gibbus?Hypsospondylus?H. bassaniiIonoscopusI. petrarojaeAn ionoscopiform fishItaloalbulaI. pietrarojaeCavereAn albulid fishItaloelopsI. foreyiCavereAn elopid fishItalophiopsisI. derasmoiAn ionoscopiform fishLepidotesL. sp.CavereA lepidotid fishNotagogusN. pentlandiCavereA macrosemiid fishParaclupeaP. pietrarojaeAn ellimmichthyiform fish?Phorcynis?P. sp.An elasmobranchPleuropholisP. decastroiA pleuropholid fishPropterusP. scacchiCavereA macrosemiid fish"Rhinobatos""R". obtusatusCavereA Rhinobatid guitarfish?Sauropsidium?S. laevissimumCavere
Amphibians +AmphibiansGenusSpeciesLocationMaterialNotesImagesCeltedensC. megacephalusCavere An albanerpetontid
Lepidosaurs +LepidosauriaGenusSpeciesLocationMaterialNotesImagesDerasmosaurusD. pietraroiaeCavereA rhynchocephalian. Initially attributed to ChometokadmonEichstaettisaurusE. gouldiCavereA lizard, possibly related to geckos. One of the two specimens was found as the gastric contents of a second reptile.CostasaurusC. rusconiCavereA lizard.ChometokadmonC. fitzingeriCavere A lizard.Rynchocephalia indetunknownCavereSphenodontidae indet.unknownCavere
Crocodylomorpha +CrocodylomorphaGenusSpeciesLocationMaterialNotesPietraroiasuchusP. ormezzanoiCavereTwo articulated skeletonsPreviously assigned to Pachycheilosuchus, now sister taxon
Dinosaurs +DinosaursGenusSpeciesLocationMaterialNotesImagesScipionyxS. samniticusCavereA nearly complete skeleton in perfect conditionTiny juvenile theropod
Paleoflora
Algae +AlgaeGenusSpeciesLocationMaterialNotesSalpingoporellaCavereThaumatoporellaCavere
Plants +PlantsGenusSpeciesLocationMaterialNotesZamitesCavereBrachyphyllumCavere
See also List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations List of stratigraphic units with few dinosaur genera
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