San Giovanni Rotondo Formation

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]

San Giovanni Rotondo Formation Stratigraphic range: Hauterivian-Barremian ~136–126 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Geological formation
Lithology
Primary	Limestone
Other	Claystone
Location
Coordinates	41.7°N 15.7°E
Approximate paleocoordinates	26.1°N 19.7°E
Region	Apulia
Country	Italy
San Giovanni Rotondo Formation (Italy) San Giovanni Rotondo Formation (Apulia)

Fossil content

The following fossils have been reported from the formation:

Ichnofossils

• Ornithischia indet.
• Theropoda indet.

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
  • List of stratigraphic units with ornithischian tracks
    • Ornithopod tracks
• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Italy
  • Calcare di Altamura
  • Calcare di Bari

References

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

Bibliography

• Weishampel, David B.; Peter Dodson, and Halszka Osmólska (eds.). 2004. The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, 1–880. Berkeley: University of California Press. Accessed 2019-02-21. ISBN 0-520-24209-2
• 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