Civita di Pietraroja (upper plattenkalk): Early/Lower Albian, Italy
collected by O. Costa

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Paleobalistum sp.
Dal Sasso and Maganuco 2011
Ocloedus sp.
Dal Sasso and Maganuco 2011
Polypodiopsida - Gleicheniales - Matoniaceae
Phlebopteris sp. Brongniart 1836
Dal Sasso and Maganuco 2011
Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Podozamites sp. Braun 1843
Dal Sasso and Maganuco 2011
Equisetopsida - Araucariaceae
Brachyphyllum sp. Brongniart 1828
Dal Sasso and Maganuco 2011
unclassified
Paracoskinolina tunesiana
Dal Sasso and Maganuco 2011
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Rhinobatus obtusatus Costa 1864
Dal Sasso and Maganuco 2011
recombined as Rhinobatos obtusatus
Chondrichthyes - Petalodontiformes - Petalodontidae
Glossodus heckelii n. sp. Costa 1864
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes
Lepidotes exiguus n. sp.
Actinopteri - Semionotiformes - Macrosemiidae
Rhynchoncodes macrocephalus n. gen., n. sp. Costa 1854
synonym of Propterus scacchii
Notagogus pentlandi Agassiz 1833
Blenniomoeus longicauda n. gen., n. sp. Costa 1850
synonym of Notagogus pentlandi
Actinopteri - Ellimmichthyiformes
Diplomystus sp. Cope 1877
Dal Sasso and Maganuco 2011
Actinopteri - Pholidophoriformes - Pleuropholidae
Pleuropholis decastroi
Dal Sasso and Maganuco 2011
Actinopteri - Elopiformes - Elopidae
Anaethalion sp. White 1938
Dal Sasso and Maganuco 2011
Actinopteri - Ichthyodectiformes - Cladocyclidae
Chirocentrites sp.
Dal Sasso and Maganuco 2011
Cladocyclus sp. Agassiz 1843
Dal Sasso and Maganuco 2011
Actinopteri - Pachycormiformes
Clupavus sp.
Dal Sasso and Maganuco 2011
Actinopteri - Aspidorhynchiformes - Aspidorhynchidae
Belonostomus crassirostris
Dal Sasso and Maganuco 2011
Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Microdon simplex n. sp. Costa 1864
synonym of Costapycnodus costae
Pycnodus gigas Agassiz 1833
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae
Triton megacephalus n. sp. Costa 1864
1 individual
recombined as Celtedens megacephalus
M 542 - holotype (almost complete skeleton)
Reptilia
Eichstaettisaurus gouldi Evans et al. 2004
Dal Sasso and Maganuco 2011 1 individual
Chometokadmon fitzingeri n. gen., n. sp. Costa 1864
1 specimen
MPN 539
Salamandra rusconi n. sp. Costa 1851
Barbera and Macuglia 1988 1 individual
recombined as Costasaurus rusconi
same specimen as S. appennina n. sp.
Pterosauria indet. (Kaup 1834)
Dal Sasso and Maganuco 2011 1 specimen
jaw fragment
Mesoeucrocodylia indet. Whetstone and Whybrow 1983
Dal Sasso and Maganuco 2011 2 specimens
    = Pietraroiasuchus ormezzanoi n. gen., n. sp. Buscalioni et al. 2011
Buscalioni et al. 2011
PC-1 - holotype (nearly complete articulated skeleton); ) PC-2 - referred material (nearly complete articulated skeleton)
Reptilia - Sphenodontidae
Derasmosaurus pietrarojae n. gen., n. sp. Barbera and Macuglia 1988
Barbera and Macuglia 1988 1 individual
MPN 541
unclassified
Hyptius sebastiani n. gen., n. sp. Costa 1864
Platycerhynchus rhombeus n. gen., n. sp. Costa 1852
Ophirachis deperditus n. gen., n. sp. Costa 1864
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy State/province:Campania County:Benevento
Coordinates: 41.3° North, 14.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:23.5° North, 16.2° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Altitude:970 meters
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Stage:Albian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 4
Key time interval:Early/Lower Albian Nannofossil zone:
Age range of interval:113.00000 - 109.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: upper Plattenkalk
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:planar lamination,gray cherty/siliceous mudstone
Secondary lithology:shelly/skeletal wackestone
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: 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"
Environment:basinal (carbonate)
Geology comments: "intraplatform anoxic basin" - three possible models: lagoon, slope/shallow basin, and submarine channel
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,adpression,soft parts
Lagerst�tten type:conservation
Degree of concentration:dispersed
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:excellent
Fragmentation:occasional
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:allochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:O. Costa
Metadata
Also known as:Pietraroia
Database number:112631
Authorizer:M. Carrano, P. Mannion Enterer:M. Carrano, P. Mannion
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2011-07-14 01:53:18 Last modified:2017-11-13 16:00:27
Access level:the public Released:2011-07-14 01:53:18
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
63792. 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]

Secondary references:

34432ETE C. Barbera and L. Macuglia. 1988. Revisione dei tetrapodi del Cretacico Inferiore di Pietraroia (Matese Orientale, Benevento) appartenenti alla collezione Costa del Museo di Paleontologia dell'Università di Napoli [Revision of the tetrapods from the Lower Cretaceous of Pietraroia (Eastern Matese, Benevento) belonging to the Costa collection of the Paleontological Museum of the University of Naples]. Memorie della Società Geologica Italiana 41(1):567-574 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
38146 C. Barbera and L. Macuglia. 1991. Cretaceous herpetofauna of Pietroia. In G. Ghiara, F. Angelini, E. Olmo & L. Varano (eds.), Sympoisum on the Evolution of Terrestrial Vertebrates. Unione Zoologica Italiana, Selected Symposia and Monographs 4:421-429 [R. Benson/R. Benson/M. Carrano]
39433 A. D. Buscalioni, P. Piras, R. Vullo, M. Signore, and C. Barbera. 2011. Early eusuchia crocodylomorpha from the vertebrate-rich Plattenkalk of Pietraroia (Lower Albian, southern Apennines, Italy). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163:S199-S227 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
36667ETE C. Dal Sasso and S. Maganuco. 2011. Scipionyx samniticus (Theropoda: Compsognathidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of Italy: osteology, ontogenetic assessment, phylogeny, soft tissue anatomy, taphonomy and palaeobiology. Memorie della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civio di Storia Naturales di Milano 37(1):1-281 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
52039 J. D. Gardner and M. Böhme. 2008. Review of the Albanerpetontidae (Lissamphibia), with comments on the paleoecological preferences of European Tertiary albanerpetontids. In J. T. Sankey & S. Baszio (ed.), Vertebrate Microfossil Assemblages: Their Role in Paleoecology and Paleobiogeography 178-218 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]