San Giovanni Rotondo Formation
Appearance
San Giovanni Rotondo Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Hauterivian-Barremian ~ | |
Type | Geological formation |
Lithology | |
Primary | Limestone |
Other | Claystone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 41°42′N 15°42′E / 41.7°N 15.7°E |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 26°06′N 19°42′E / 26.1°N 19.7°E |
Region | Apulia |
Country | Italy |
The San Giovanni Rotondo Formation is an Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian to Barremian) geologic formation in Italy. Fossil ornithopod tracks have been reported from the formation.[1]
Fossil content
[edit]The following fossils have been reported from the formation:
- Ichnofossils
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.517-607
Bibliography
[edit]- Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka (2004), The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 1–880, ISBN 0-520-24209-2, retrieved 2019-02-21
- P. Gianolla, M. D. Morsilli, F. M. Dalla Vecchia, A. Borsellini, and A. Russo. 2000. Impronte di dinosauri nel Cretaceo inferiore del Gargano (Puglia, Italia Meridionale): nuove implicazioni paleogeografiche [Dinosaur footprints from the Lower Cretaceous of Gargano (Puglia, southern Italy): new paleogeographic implications]. In G. B. Carulli & G. Longo Salvador (ed.), 80° Riunione Estiva, Società Geologica Italiana, Riassunti delle comunicazioni orali e dei posters 265-266