Pietraroja Plattenkalk
Geologic formation in Campania / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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Pietraroja Plattenkalk | |
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Stratigraphic range: Albian ~112–100 Ma | |
Type | Geological formation |
Lithology | |
Primary | Limestone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 41.3°N 14.5°E / 41.3; 14.5 |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 23.5°N 16.2°E / 23.5; 16.2 |
Region | Campania |
Country | Italy |
Type section | |
Named for | Pietraroja |
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