Civita di Pietraroja (upper plattenkalk) (Cretaceous of Italy)

Also known as Pietraroia

Where: Campania, Italy (41.3° N, 14.5° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 28.7° N, 32.4° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Albian (112.0 - 109.0 Ma)

• upper Plattenkalk

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (); gray, cherty/siliceous mudstone and shelly/skeletal wackestone

• "intraplatform anoxic basin" - three possible models: lagoon, slope/shallow basin, and submarine channel
• cherty limestone (plattenkalk), "calcari selciferi ed ittiolitiferi"; "fine laminated mudstones with thin strata and lenses of packstones and wackestones rich in spicules of siliceous sponges"

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression, soft parts

Collected by O. Costa

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: O. G. Costa. 1864. Paleontologia del Regno di Napoli. Parte III [Paleontology of the Kingdom of Naples. Part III]. Atti dell'Accademia Pontaniana 8:1-192 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 112631: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 14.07.2011, edited by Philip Mannion

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Paleobalistum sp.3, Ocloedus sp.3
Chondrichthyes
 Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
"Rhinobatus obtusatus" = Rhinobatos obtusatus3
"Rhinobatus obtusatus" = Rhinobatos obtusatus3 Costa 1864 guitarfish
 Petalodontiformes - Petalodontidae
Glossodus heckelii n. sp.
Glossodus heckelii n. sp. Costa 1864 chimaera
Amphibia
 Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae
"Triton megacephalus n. sp." = Celtedens megacephalus
"Triton megacephalus n. sp." = Celtedens megacephalus Costa 1864 tetrapod
M 542 - holotype (almost complete skeleton)
Reptilia
 Rhynchocephalia - Sphenodontidae
Derasmosaurus pietrarojae n. gen. n. sp.1
Derasmosaurus pietrarojae n. gen. n. sp.1 Barbera and Macuglia 1988 rhynchocephalian
MPN 541
 Pterosauria -
Pterosauria indet.3
Pterosauria indet.3 pterosaur
jaw fragment
 Loricata - Hylaeochampsidae
Pietraroiasuchus ormezzanoi n. gen. n. sp.2
Pietraroiasuchus ormezzanoi n. gen. n. sp.2 Buscalioni et al. 2011 crocodilian
 Squamata -
"Salamandra rusconi n. sp." = Costasaurus rusconi1, Eichstaettisaurus gouldi3, Chometokadmon fitzingeri n. gen. n. sp.
"Salamandra rusconi n. sp." = Costasaurus rusconi1 Costa 1851 lizard
same specimen as S. appennina n. sp.
Eichstaettisaurus gouldi3 Evans et al. 2004 squamates
Chometokadmon fitzingeri n. gen. n. sp. Costa 1864 squamates
MPN 539
Actinopteri
 Semionotiformes - Macrosemiidae
"Rhynchoncodes macrocephalus n. gen. n. sp." = Propterus scacchii, "Notagogus pentlandi" = Notagogus pentlandi, "Blenniomoeus longicauda n. gen. n. sp." = Notagogus pentlandi
"Rhynchoncodes macrocephalus n. gen. n. sp." = Propterus scacchii Costa 1853
"Notagogus pentlandi" = Notagogus pentlandi Agassiz 1833
"Blenniomoeus longicauda n. gen. n. sp." = Notagogus pentlandi Agassiz 1833
 Lepisosteiformes -
Lepidotes exiguus n. sp.
 Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
"Microdon simplex n. sp." = Costapycnodus costae, Pycnodus gigas
"Microdon simplex n. sp." = Costapycnodus costae Heckel 1856
Pycnodus gigas Agassiz 1833
 Aspidorhynchiformes - Aspidorhynchidae
Belonostomus crassirostris3
 Ichthyodectiformes - Cladocyclidae
Chirocentrites sp.3, Cladocyclus sp.3
Cladocyclus sp.3 Agassiz 1843
 Pholidophoriformes - Pleuropholidae
Pleuropholis decastroi3
 Elopiformes - Elopidae
Anaethalion sp.3
Anaethalion sp.3 White 1938
 Ellimmichthyiformes -
Diplomystus sp.3
Diplomystus sp.3 Cope 1877
 Pachycormiformes -
Clupavus sp.3
Polypodiopsida
 Gleicheniales - Polypodiidae
Phlebopteris sp.3
Phlebopteris sp.3 Brongniart 1836
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Podozamites sp.3
Podozamites sp.3 Braun 1843 podocarp
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Brachyphyllum sp.3
Brachyphyllum sp.3 Brongniart 1828
Foraminifera
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Paracoskinolina tunesiana3
Ophirachis deperditus
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Ophirachis deperditus n. gen. n. sp.
Ophirachis deperditus n. gen. n. sp. Costa 1864
Hyptius
  -
Hyptius sebastiani n. gen. n. sp.
Hyptius sebastiani n. gen. n. sp. Costa 1864
Platycerhynchus rhombeus
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Platycerhynchus rhombeus n. gen. n. sp.
Platycerhynchus rhombeus n. gen. n. sp. Costa 1852
1Barbera and Macuglia 1988; 2Buscalioni et al. 2011; 3Dal Sasso and Maganuco 2011