Earth:Calcaire de Valognes

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Calcaire de Valognes
Stratigraphic range: Hettangian
TypeGeological formation
Lithology
PrimaryLimestone
Location
Country France

The Calcaire de Valognes is an Early Jurassic (Hettangian) geologic formation in France . Dinosaur remains diagnostic to the genus level are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]

Paleofauna

  • Megalosaurus cf. cloacinus[2]

See also

  • List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
    • List of stratigraphic units with few dinosaur genera

References

  1. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
  2. Buffetaut, Cuny & Le Loeuff (1991) Buffetaut E, Cuny G, Le Loeuff J. French dinosaurs: the best record in Europe? Modern Geology. 1991;16:17–42.

Bibliography

  • Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN:0-520-24209-2.