Pietraroja Plattenkalk
| Pietraroja Plattenkalk | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Albian ~ | |
The village of Pietraroja with, immediately above it, the Le Cavere quarry, where the Pietraroja Plattenkalk outcrops | |
| 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, 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 and the type locality of the formation is the La Cavere quarry, which is near the village of Pietraroja.