San Giovanni Rotondo Formation

San Giovanni Rotondo Formation
Stratigraphic range: Hauterivian-Barremian ~
Type	Geological formation
Lithology
Primary	Limestone
Other	Claystone
Location
Coordinates	41.7°N 15.7°E / 41.7; 15.7
Approximate paleocoordinates	26.1°N 19.7°E / 26.1; 19.7
Region	Apulia
Country	Italy
San Giovanni Rotondo Formation (Italy) San Giovanni Rotondo Formation (Apulia)

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.

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

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