{"id":1283,"date":"2024-07-30T15:19:18","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T13:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/wordpress\/?page_id=1283"},"modified":"2026-08-19T12:33:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T10:33:45","slug":"apulosauripus-federicianus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fossiliregionali.it\/en\/apulosauripus-federicianus\/","title":{"rendered":"Apulia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1283\" class=\"elementor elementor-1283\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ead786e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ead786e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32dcce7 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"32dcce7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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srcset=\"https:\/\/fossiliregionali.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Altamura-no-sfondo-e1746388026549-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/fossiliregionali.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Altamura-no-sfondo-e1746388026549-200x149.png 200w, https:\/\/fossiliregionali.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Altamura-no-sfondo-e1746388026549.png 707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28129ea elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"28129ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Apulosauripus federicianus<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9096239 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9096239\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Surface with dinosaur footprints<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ddad077 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ddad077\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fossiliregionali.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/photo_5801076473052906789_y.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTI4NiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2Zvc3NpbGlyZWdpb25hbGkuaXRcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjRcLzA3XC9waG90b181ODAxMDc2NDczMDUyOTA2Nzg5X3kuanBnIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/fossiliregionali.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/photo_5801076473052906789_y.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1286\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4634930 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4634930\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66053bf elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"66053bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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1999 by Professor Umberto Nicosia and his collaborators near Altamura, the Cava Pontrelli site contains approximately 26,000 footprints and numerous trackways, making it probably the location with the<strong> highest concentration of dinosaur tracks in the world. <\/strong><\/p><p>Analysis of the tracks has made it possible to establish a new <strong>ichnogenus<\/strong>, <strong><em>Apulosauripus<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0and a new<strong> ichnospecies<\/strong>, <strong><em>Apulosauripus fredericianus<\/em><\/strong>. In palaeontology, the prefix ichno- (from the Greek \"\u1f34\u03c7\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2,\" meaning trace) is used precisely to describe the behaviour of organisms based solely on fossilised traces.<\/p><p>Thanks to the good preservation of various anatomical features, the <em>Apulosauripus<\/em> footprints are believed to have been left by an ornithopod dinosaur of the <strong>Hadrosauridae<\/strong> Family, commonly known as \"duck-billed dinosaurs.\" The quarry also contains trackways attributable to <strong>nodosaurids<\/strong>, armoured dinosaurs equipped with osteoderms covering much of their bodies.<\/p><p>The importance of Cava Pontrelli goes beyond its appeal and uniqueness: until recently, it was believed that, during the Late Cretaceous, the Italian peninsula was entirely submerged by the sea. The discovery of these tracks instead demonstrated the presence of <strong>shallow-sea continental platforms,<\/strong> which allowed large terrestrial reptiles to move from one area to another. This evidence gives us a much clearer picture of the palaeogeography of \"Italy\" <strong>80 million years ago<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a992989 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a992989\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90681da elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-accordion\" data-id=\"90681da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;default_state&quot;:&quot;expanded&quot;,&quot;max_items_expended&quot;:&quot;one&quot;,&quot;n_accordion_animation_duration&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;ms&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:400,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"nested-accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-accordion\" aria-label=\"Accordion. 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data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb15a1d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cb15a1d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Kingdom: Animalia<\/p><p>Phylum: Chordata<\/p><p>Superorder: Dinosauria<\/p><p>Order: \u2020Ornitischia<\/p><p>\u00a0 Suborder:  \u2020Ornithopoda<\/p><p>Family: \u2020Hadrosauridae<\/p><p>Ichnogenus: \u2020<em>Apulosauripus<\/em><\/p><p>Ichnospecies: \u2020<em>Apulosauripus federicianus<br \/><\/em>Nicosia et al., 1999<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"1467\" data-end=\"1514\">https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/<\/a>).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-1511\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"2\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-1511\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Geologic Time Scale <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewbox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewbox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-1511\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3c6d4a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b3c6d4a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-1511\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43eef1c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"43eef1c\" data-element_type=\"container\" 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Currently, the chronostratigraphic boundary representative of this age is located in Italy, at the <strong>Gola del Bottaccione (Bottaccione Gorge)<\/strong> in Gubbio (Perugia).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99f37c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"99f37c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fossiliregionali.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/4-e1744045867444.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MzMzNywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2Zvc3NpbGlyZWdpb25hbGkuaXRcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjVcLzA0XC80LWUxNzQ0MDQ1ODY3NDQ0LnBuZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"290\" 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\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-1512\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"3\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-1512\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Place of discovery and exhibition in situ <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewbox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg 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data-id=\"f00f802\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fa5c89 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1fa5c89\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Cava Pontrelli, Altamura \n(BA)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-302a228 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"302a228\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.paleoitalia.it\/patrimonio-paleontologico\/musei-collezioni-siti\/altamura\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Discover the geopaleontological site<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1529d2c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1529d2c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Catalogue number: <br \/>ACDL99\/3<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45a6639 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"45a6639\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-381382b elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"381382b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;hosted&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-hosted-video elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-video\" src=\"https:\/\/fossiliregionali.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/4.1_Nottedeiricercatori_CavaPontrelli.mp4\" controls=\"\" preload=\"metadata\" controlslist=\"nodownload\"><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f379757 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f379757\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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(2000). The Late<br \/>Cretaceous dinosaur tracksite near Altamura (Bari, southern Italy). II &#8211; Apulosauripus federicianus<br \/>new ichnogen. and new ichnosp. Geologica Romana, 35: 237-247.<\/li><li>Sacco E., Petti M.F., Antonelli M., Conti I., Spalluto L., Sabato L., Tropeano M., Festa V., Montrone<br \/>G., Petruzzelli M., Cardia S., Marino M., La Perna R., Marsico A., Piscitelli A., Barracane G. &amp;<br \/>Francescangeli R. (2021). Geothematic map and ichnological study of the Altamura dinosaur<br \/>tracksite (Early Campanian; Apulia, Southern Italy). In Rossi V., Fanti F., Barbieri G., Cavalazzi B. &amp;<br \/>Scarponi D. (eds), Paleodays 2021. Abstract Book del XXI Convegno della Societ\u00e0<br \/>Paleontologica Italiana, live virtual edition, University of Bologna: 74.<\/li><li>Laviano A. &amp; Guarnieri G. (1991). Rudists as a tool for paleoenvironmental reconstruction in<br \/>Apulia (Italy). Atti Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti, 67: 45-75.<\/li><li>Petti F.M., Antonelli M., Sacco E., Conti J., Petruzzelli M., Spalluto L., Cardia S., Festa V., La Perna<br \/>R., Marino M., Marsico A., Sabato L., Tropeano M., Barracane G., Montrone G., Piscitelli A. &amp;<br \/>Francescangeli R. (2022). Geothematic map of the Altamura dinosaur tracksite (early<br \/>Campanian, Apulia, southern Italy). Geological Field Trips and Maps. 14: 1-19.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e676cb6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e676cb6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee5ba7a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ee5ba7a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Credits and acknowledgments<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-80140b1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"80140b1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a8c845 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4a8c845\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Thanks to Andrea Zazzera of the University of Bari for sharing the multimedia material used on this page.. The credits for the palaeoartistic illustration are also his.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reproduction, distribution, or any other use is prohibited without prior authorization from the rights holders.<\/span><\/p><p>Thanks also to Professor Angela Girone of the University of Bari for her support and collaboration.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apulosauripus federicianus Superficie a orme di dinosauro Descrizione Scoperto nel 1999 dal professor Umberto Nicosia e dai suoi collaboratori nei pressi di Altamura, il sito di Cava Pontrelli, ospita circa 26 000 impronte e numerose piste, rendendolo probabilmente il luogo con la maggior concentrazione di orme di dinosauro al mondo. L&#8217;analisi delle tracce ha consentito di istituire un nuovo icnogenere, Apulosauripus\u00a0e una nuova icnospecie, Apulosauripus fredericianus. In paleontologia, il prefisso icno- (dal greco &#8220;\u1f34\u03c7\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2&#8221;, traccia) viene utilizzato proprio per descrivere il comportamento di organismi sulla base delle sole tracce fossilizzate. Grazie alla buona conservazione di vari caratteri anatomici, si ritiene che le impronte di Apulosauripus siano state lasciate da un dinosauro ornitopode della famiglia Hadrosauridae, comunemente detti &#8220;dinosauri a becco d&#8217;anatra&#8221;. Nella cava si rinvengono anche piste attribuibili ai nodosauridi, dinosauri corazzati dotati di osteodermi che coprivano gran parte del loro corpo. L&#8217;importanza di Cava Pontrelli va oltre il suo fascino e la sua unicit\u00e0: fino a non molto tempo fa si credeva che, nel Cretacico Superiore, la penisola italiana fosse interamente sommersa dal mare. La scoperta di queste piste dimostra invece la presenza di piattaforme continentali di mare basso, che permettevano a grandi rettili terrestri di spostarsi da una zona all&#8217;altra. Grazie a queste testimonianze, oggi abbiamo un quadro molto pi\u00f9 chiaro della paleogeografia &#8220;dell&#8217;Italia&#8221; di 80 milioni di anni fa. Classificazione e confronto dimensionale Regno: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Superordine: Dinosauria Ordine: \u2020Ornitischia \u00a0 Sottordine: \u2020Ornithopoda Famiglia: \u2020Hadrosauridae Icnogenere: \u2020Apulosauripus Icnospecie: \u2020Apulosauripus federicianusNicosia et al., 1999 Modificata da \u201cHadrosaur footprint blackhawk formation price.jpg\u201d di Jens Lallensack, Wikimedia Commons,\u00a0licenza CC BY\u2011SA 4.0 (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/). Scala del Tempo Geologico ERA: Mesozoico PERIODO: Cretacico EPOCA: Cretacico Superiore ET\u00c0: Campaniano (83.6-72.1 Ma) Esplora la Scala del Tempo Geologico completa Et\u00e0 caratterizzata da un clima generalmente caldo con grandi aree continentali circondate da mare basso. Attualmente il limite cronostratigrafico rappresentativo dell\u2019et\u00e0 \u00e8 situato in Italia, nella Gola del Bottaccione a Gubbio (Perugia). Luogo di ritrovamento ed esposizione Cava Pontrelli, Altamura (BA) Scopri il sito geo-paleontologico Numero di catalogo: ACDL99\/3 Visita il sito web della Cava Regno: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Superordine: Dinosauria Ordine: \u2020Ornitischia \u00a0 Sottordine: \u2020Ornithopoda Famiglia: \u2020Hadrosauridae Icnogenere: \u2020Apulosauripus Icnospecie: \u2020Apulosauripus federicianusNicosia et al., 1999 Modificata da \u201cHadrosaur footprint blackhawk formation price.jpg\u201d di Jens Lallensack, Wikimedia Commons,\u00a0licenza CC BY\u2011SA 4.0 (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/). ERA: Mesozoico PERIODO: Cretacico EPOCA: Cretacico Superiore ET\u00c0: Campaniano (83.6-72.1 Ma) Esplora la Scala del Tempo Geologico completa Et\u00e0 caratterizzata da un clima generalmente caldo con grandi aree continentali circondate da mare basso. Attualmente il limite cronostratigrafico rappresentativo dell\u2019et\u00e0 \u00e8 situato in Italia, nella Gola del Bottaccione a Gubbio (Perugia). Cava Pontrelli, Altamura (BA) Scopri il sito geo-paleontologico Numero di catalogo: ACDL99\/3 Visita il sito web della Cava Galleria https:\/\/fossiliregionali.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/4.1_Nottedeiricercatori_CavaPontrelli.mp4 Video descrittivo della Cava di Altamura realizzato in occasione della Notte dei Ricercatori. Su gentile concessione della Professoressa Angela Girone dell&#8217;Universit\u00e0 di Bari. Panoramica dei calcari affioranti a Cava Pontrelli riferiti alla Formazione Calcare di Altamura. Serie di impronte in dettaglio. Si noti come le piste siano formate da coppie dette manus-pes. L&#8217;angolo della paleoarte Sulla spiaggia di Altamura &#8211; Andrea Zazzera Per saperne di pi\u00f9: Nicosia U., Marino M., Mariotti N., Muraro C., Panigutti S., Petti F.M. &amp; Sacchi E. (2000). The LateCretaceous dinosaur tracksite near Altamura (Bari, southern Italy). II &#8211; Apulosauripus federicianusnew ichnogen. and new ichnosp. Geologica Romana, 35: 237-247. Sacco E., Petti M.F., Antonelli M., Conti I., Spalluto L., Sabato L., Tropeano M., Festa V., MontroneG., Petruzzelli M., Cardia S., Marino M., La Perna R., Marsico A., Piscitelli A., Barracane G. &amp;Francescangeli R. (2021). Geothematic map and ichnological study of the Altamura dinosaurtracksite (Early Campanian; Apulia, Southern Italy). In Rossi V., Fanti F., Barbieri G., Cavalazzi B. &amp;Scarponi D. (eds), Paleodays 2021. Abstract Book del XXI Convegno della Societ\u00e0Paleontologica Italiana, live virtual edition, University of Bologna: 74. Laviano A. &amp; Guarnieri G. (1991). Rudists as a tool for paleoenvironmental reconstruction inApulia (Italy). Atti Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti, 67: 45-75. Petti F.M., Antonelli M., Sacco E., Conti J., Petruzzelli M., Spalluto L., Cardia S., Festa V., La PernaR., Marino M., Marsico A., Sabato L., Tropeano M., Barracane G., Montrone G., Piscitelli A. &amp;Francescangeli R. (2022). Geothematic map of the Altamura dinosaur tracksite (earlyCampanian, Apulia, southern Italy). Geological Field Trips and Maps. 14: 1-19. Crediti e ringraziamenti Un sentito ringraziamento per la condivisione del materiale multimediale utilizzato in questa pagina va ad Andrea Zazzera dell&#8217;Universit\u00e0 di Bari. Suoi anche i crediti dell&#8217;illustrazione paleoartistica. \u00c8 vietata la riproduzione, la distribuzione e qualsiasi altro utilizzo senza preventiva autorizzazione dei titolari dei diritti. Grazie anche alla Professoressa Angela Girone dell&#8217;Universit\u00e0 di Bari per il sostegno e la collaborazione.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1283","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Puglia - Fossili Regionali<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fossiliregionali.it\/en\/apulosauripus-federicianus\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Puglia - Fossili Regionali\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Apulosauripus federicianus Superficie a orme di dinosauro Descrizione Scoperto nel 1999 dal professor Umberto Nicosia e dai suoi collaboratori nei pressi di Altamura, il sito di Cava Pontrelli, ospita circa 26 000 impronte e numerose piste, rendendolo probabilmente il luogo con la maggior concentrazione di orme di dinosauro al mondo. L&#8217;analisi delle tracce ha consentito di istituire un nuovo icnogenere, Apulosauripus\u00a0e una nuova icnospecie, Apulosauripus fredericianus. In paleontologia, il prefisso icno- (dal greco &#8220;\u1f34\u03c7\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2&#8221;, traccia) viene utilizzato proprio per descrivere il comportamento di organismi sulla base delle sole tracce fossilizzate. Grazie alla buona conservazione di vari caratteri anatomici, si ritiene che le impronte di Apulosauripus siano state lasciate da un dinosauro ornitopode della famiglia Hadrosauridae, comunemente detti &#8220;dinosauri a becco d&#8217;anatra&#8221;. Nella cava si rinvengono anche piste attribuibili ai nodosauridi, dinosauri corazzati dotati di osteodermi che coprivano gran parte del loro corpo. L&#8217;importanza di Cava Pontrelli va oltre il suo fascino e la sua unicit\u00e0: fino a non molto tempo fa si credeva che, nel Cretacico Superiore, la penisola italiana fosse interamente sommersa dal mare. La scoperta di queste piste dimostra invece la presenza di piattaforme continentali di mare basso, che permettevano a grandi rettili terrestri di spostarsi da una zona all&#8217;altra. Grazie a queste testimonianze, oggi abbiamo un quadro molto pi\u00f9 chiaro della paleogeografia &#8220;dell&#8217;Italia&#8221; di 80 milioni di anni fa. Classificazione e confronto dimensionale Regno: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Superordine: Dinosauria Ordine: \u2020Ornitischia \u00a0 Sottordine: \u2020Ornithopoda Famiglia: \u2020Hadrosauridae Icnogenere: \u2020Apulosauripus Icnospecie: \u2020Apulosauripus federicianusNicosia et al., 1999 Modificata da \u201cHadrosaur footprint blackhawk formation price.jpg\u201d di Jens Lallensack, Wikimedia Commons,\u00a0licenza CC BY\u2011SA 4.0 (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/). Scala del Tempo Geologico ERA: Mesozoico PERIODO: Cretacico EPOCA: Cretacico Superiore ET\u00c0: Campaniano (83.6-72.1 Ma) Esplora la Scala del Tempo Geologico completa Et\u00e0 caratterizzata da un clima generalmente caldo con grandi aree continentali circondate da mare basso. Attualmente il limite cronostratigrafico rappresentativo dell\u2019et\u00e0 \u00e8 situato in Italia, nella Gola del Bottaccione a Gubbio (Perugia). Luogo di ritrovamento ed esposizione Cava Pontrelli, Altamura (BA) Scopri il sito geo-paleontologico Numero di catalogo: ACDL99\/3 Visita il sito web della Cava Regno: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Superordine: Dinosauria Ordine: \u2020Ornitischia \u00a0 Sottordine: \u2020Ornithopoda Famiglia: \u2020Hadrosauridae Icnogenere: \u2020Apulosauripus Icnospecie: \u2020Apulosauripus federicianusNicosia et al., 1999 Modificata da \u201cHadrosaur footprint blackhawk formation price.jpg\u201d di Jens Lallensack, Wikimedia Commons,\u00a0licenza CC BY\u2011SA 4.0 (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/). ERA: Mesozoico PERIODO: Cretacico EPOCA: Cretacico Superiore ET\u00c0: Campaniano (83.6-72.1 Ma) Esplora la Scala del Tempo Geologico completa Et\u00e0 caratterizzata da un clima generalmente caldo con grandi aree continentali circondate da mare basso. Attualmente il limite cronostratigrafico rappresentativo dell\u2019et\u00e0 \u00e8 situato in Italia, nella Gola del Bottaccione a Gubbio (Perugia). Cava Pontrelli, Altamura (BA) Scopri il sito geo-paleontologico Numero di catalogo: ACDL99\/3 Visita il sito web della Cava Galleria https:\/\/fossiliregionali.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/4.1_Nottedeiricercatori_CavaPontrelli.mp4 Video descrittivo della Cava di Altamura realizzato in occasione della Notte dei Ricercatori. Su gentile concessione della Professoressa Angela Girone dell&#8217;Universit\u00e0 di Bari. Panoramica dei calcari affioranti a Cava Pontrelli riferiti alla Formazione Calcare di Altamura. Serie di impronte in dettaglio. Si noti come le piste siano formate da coppie dette manus-pes. L&#8217;angolo della paleoarte Sulla spiaggia di Altamura &#8211; Andrea Zazzera Per saperne di pi\u00f9: Nicosia U., Marino M., Mariotti N., Muraro C., Panigutti S., Petti F.M. &amp; Sacchi E. (2000). The LateCretaceous dinosaur tracksite near Altamura (Bari, southern Italy). II &#8211; Apulosauripus federicianusnew ichnogen. and new ichnosp. Geologica Romana, 35: 237-247. Sacco E., Petti M.F., Antonelli M., Conti I., Spalluto L., Sabato L., Tropeano M., Festa V., MontroneG., Petruzzelli M., Cardia S., Marino M., La Perna R., Marsico A., Piscitelli A., Barracane G. &amp;Francescangeli R. (2021). Geothematic map and ichnological study of the Altamura dinosaurtracksite (Early Campanian; Apulia, Southern Italy). In Rossi V., Fanti F., Barbieri G., Cavalazzi B. &amp;Scarponi D. (eds), Paleodays 2021. Abstract Book del XXI Convegno della Societ\u00e0Paleontologica Italiana, live virtual edition, University of Bologna: 74. Laviano A. &amp; Guarnieri G. (1991). Rudists as a tool for paleoenvironmental reconstruction inApulia (Italy). Atti Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti, 67: 45-75. Petti F.M., Antonelli M., Sacco E., Conti J., Petruzzelli M., Spalluto L., Cardia S., Festa V., La PernaR., Marino M., Marsico A., Sabato L., Tropeano M., Barracane G., Montrone G., Piscitelli A. &amp;Francescangeli R. (2022). Geothematic map of the Altamura dinosaur tracksite (earlyCampanian, Apulia, southern Italy). Geological Field Trips and Maps. 14: 1-19. Crediti e ringraziamenti Un sentito ringraziamento per la condivisione del materiale multimediale utilizzato in questa pagina va ad Andrea Zazzera dell&#8217;Universit\u00e0 di Bari. Suoi anche i crediti dell&#8217;illustrazione paleoartistica. \u00c8 vietata la riproduzione, la distribuzione e qualsiasi altro utilizzo senza preventiva autorizzazione dei titolari dei diritti. 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L&#8217;analisi delle tracce ha consentito di istituire un nuovo icnogenere, Apulosauripus\u00a0e una nuova icnospecie, Apulosauripus fredericianus. In paleontologia, il prefisso icno- (dal greco &#8220;\u1f34\u03c7\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2&#8221;, traccia) viene utilizzato proprio per descrivere il comportamento di organismi sulla base delle sole tracce fossilizzate. Grazie alla buona conservazione di vari caratteri anatomici, si ritiene che le impronte di Apulosauripus siano state lasciate da un dinosauro ornitopode della famiglia Hadrosauridae, comunemente detti &#8220;dinosauri a becco d&#8217;anatra&#8221;. Nella cava si rinvengono anche piste attribuibili ai nodosauridi, dinosauri corazzati dotati di osteodermi che coprivano gran parte del loro corpo. L&#8217;importanza di Cava Pontrelli va oltre il suo fascino e la sua unicit\u00e0: fino a non molto tempo fa si credeva che, nel Cretacico Superiore, la penisola italiana fosse interamente sommersa dal mare. La scoperta di queste piste dimostra invece la presenza di piattaforme continentali di mare basso, che permettevano a grandi rettili terrestri di spostarsi da una zona all&#8217;altra. Grazie a queste testimonianze, oggi abbiamo un quadro molto pi\u00f9 chiaro della paleogeografia &#8220;dell&#8217;Italia&#8221; di 80 milioni di anni fa. Classificazione e confronto dimensionale Regno: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Superordine: Dinosauria Ordine: \u2020Ornitischia \u00a0 Sottordine: \u2020Ornithopoda Famiglia: \u2020Hadrosauridae Icnogenere: \u2020Apulosauripus Icnospecie: \u2020Apulosauripus federicianusNicosia et al., 1999 Modificata da \u201cHadrosaur footprint blackhawk formation price.jpg\u201d di Jens Lallensack, Wikimedia Commons,\u00a0licenza CC BY\u2011SA 4.0 (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/). Scala del Tempo Geologico ERA: Mesozoico PERIODO: Cretacico EPOCA: Cretacico Superiore ET\u00c0: Campaniano (83.6-72.1 Ma) Esplora la Scala del Tempo Geologico completa Et\u00e0 caratterizzata da un clima generalmente caldo con grandi aree continentali circondate da mare basso. Attualmente il limite cronostratigrafico rappresentativo dell\u2019et\u00e0 \u00e8 situato in Italia, nella Gola del Bottaccione a Gubbio (Perugia). Luogo di ritrovamento ed esposizione Cava Pontrelli, Altamura (BA) Scopri il sito geo-paleontologico Numero di catalogo: ACDL99\/3 Visita il sito web della Cava Regno: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Superordine: Dinosauria Ordine: \u2020Ornitischia \u00a0 Sottordine: \u2020Ornithopoda Famiglia: \u2020Hadrosauridae Icnogenere: \u2020Apulosauripus Icnospecie: \u2020Apulosauripus federicianusNicosia et al., 1999 Modificata da \u201cHadrosaur footprint blackhawk formation price.jpg\u201d di Jens Lallensack, Wikimedia Commons,\u00a0licenza CC BY\u2011SA 4.0 (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/). ERA: Mesozoico PERIODO: Cretacico EPOCA: Cretacico Superiore ET\u00c0: Campaniano (83.6-72.1 Ma) Esplora la Scala del Tempo Geologico completa Et\u00e0 caratterizzata da un clima generalmente caldo con grandi aree continentali circondate da mare basso. Attualmente il limite cronostratigrafico rappresentativo dell\u2019et\u00e0 \u00e8 situato in Italia, nella Gola del Bottaccione a Gubbio (Perugia). Cava Pontrelli, Altamura (BA) Scopri il sito geo-paleontologico Numero di catalogo: ACDL99\/3 Visita il sito web della Cava Galleria https:\/\/fossiliregionali.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/4.1_Nottedeiricercatori_CavaPontrelli.mp4 Video descrittivo della Cava di Altamura realizzato in occasione della Notte dei Ricercatori. Su gentile concessione della Professoressa Angela Girone dell&#8217;Universit\u00e0 di Bari. Panoramica dei calcari affioranti a Cava Pontrelli riferiti alla Formazione Calcare di Altamura. Serie di impronte in dettaglio. Si noti come le piste siano formate da coppie dette manus-pes. L&#8217;angolo della paleoarte Sulla spiaggia di Altamura &#8211; Andrea Zazzera Per saperne di pi\u00f9: Nicosia U., Marino M., Mariotti N., Muraro C., Panigutti S., Petti F.M. &amp; Sacchi E. (2000). The LateCretaceous dinosaur tracksite near Altamura (Bari, southern Italy). II &#8211; Apulosauripus federicianusnew ichnogen. and new ichnosp. Geologica Romana, 35: 237-247. Sacco E., Petti M.F., Antonelli M., Conti I., Spalluto L., Sabato L., Tropeano M., Festa V., MontroneG., Petruzzelli M., Cardia S., Marino M., La Perna R., Marsico A., Piscitelli A., Barracane G. &amp;Francescangeli R. (2021). Geothematic map and ichnological study of the Altamura dinosaurtracksite (Early Campanian; Apulia, Southern Italy). In Rossi V., Fanti F., Barbieri G., Cavalazzi B. &amp;Scarponi D. (eds), Paleodays 2021. Abstract Book del XXI Convegno della Societ\u00e0Paleontologica Italiana, live virtual edition, University of Bologna: 74. Laviano A. &amp; Guarnieri G. (1991). Rudists as a tool for paleoenvironmental reconstruction inApulia (Italy). Atti Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti, 67: 45-75. 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