San Giovanni Rotondo Formation

San Giovanni Rotondo Formation
Stratigraphic range: Hauterivian-Barremian
~136–126 Ma
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S
D
C
P
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J
K
Pg
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TypeGeological formation
Lithology
PrimaryLimestone
OtherClaystone
Location
Coordinates
San Giovanni Rotondo Formation is located in Italy
San Giovanni Rotondo Formation
San Giovanni Rotondo Formation (Italy)
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San Giovanni Rotondo Formation is located in Apulia
San Giovanni Rotondo Formation
San Giovanni Rotondo Formation (Apulia)
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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

The following fossils have been reported from the formation:

Ichnofossils

See also

References

  1. ^ Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.517-607

Bibliography

  • 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