Earth:Marnes Rouges Inférieures Formation
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Marnes Rouges Inférieures Formation Stratigraphic range: Maastrichtian ~70–66 Ma | |
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Type | Geological formation |
Underlies | Calcaires de Vignevieille |
Overlies | Grès d'Alet |
Thickness | Over 150 m (490 ft) |
Lithology | |
Primary | Mudstone |
Other | Sandstone |
Location | |
Coordinates | [ ⚑ ] : 42°54′N 2°18′E / 42.9°N 2.3°E |
Paleocoordinates | [ ⚑ ] 34°48′N 2°00′E / 34.8°N 2.0°E |
Region | Occitania |
Country | ![]() |
Type section | |
Named for | French: "Lower Red Marls" |
The Marnes Rouges Inférieures Formation is a Late Cretaceous geologic formation found in the French Pyrenees. It predominantly consists of red mustone, with minor brown mudstone and sandstone.[1] Dinosaurs, dinosaur eggs and avialian stem-birds have been reported from the formation.[2]
Paleofauna
- Allodaposuchus precedens
- Ampelosaurus atacis
- Foxemys mechinorum
- Gargantuavis philoinos
- Lirainosaurus astibiae
- Rhabdodon priscus
See also
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
- List of stratigraphic units with dinosaur trace fossils
- Dinosaur eggs
- List of stratigraphic units with dinosaur trace fossils
References
Bibliography
- Fondevilla, Víctor; Jaume Dinarès-Turell; Bernat Vila; Jean Le Loeuff; Rita Estrada; Oriol Oms, and Àngel Galobart. 2016. Magnetostratigraphy of the Maastrichtian continental record in the Upper Aude Valley (northern Pyrenees, France): Placing age constraints on the succession of dinosaur-bearing sites. Cretaceous Research 57. 457–472. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2015.08.009
- 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
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