Calcaire de Valognes

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

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.


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