The Marnes Rouges Inférieures Formation is a
Late Cretaceous
The Late Cretaceous (100.5–66 Ma) is the younger of two epochs into which the Cretaceous Period is divided in the geologic time scale. Rock strata from this epoch form the Upper Cretaceous Series. The Cretaceous is named after ''creta'', the ...
geologic
formation
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found in the French Pyrenees. It predominantly consists of red mustone, with minor brown mudstone and sandstone.
[Fondevilla et al., 2016] Dinosaurs,
dinosaur
Dinosaurs are a diverse group of reptiles of the clade Dinosauria. They first appeared during the Triassic period, between 243 and 233.23 million years ago (mya), although the exact origin and timing of the evolution of dinosaurs is t ...
eggs and avialian stem-birds have been reported from the formation.
[Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.517-607]
Paleofauna
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Allodaposuchus precedens
''Allodaposuchus'' is an extinct genus of crocodyliforms that lived in what is now southern Europe during the Campanian and Maastrichtian stages of the Late Cretaceous. Although generally classified as a non-crocodylian eusuchian crocodylomorph, ...
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Ampelosaurus atacis''
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Foxemys mechinorum''
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Gargantuavis philoinos''
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Lirainosaurus astibiae''
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Rhabdodon priscus
''Rhabdodon'' (meaning "fluted tooth") is a genus of ornithopod dinosaur that lived in Europe approximately 70-66 million years ago in the Late Cretaceous. It is similar in build to a very robust "hypsilophodont" (non-iguanodont ornithopod), thou ...
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See also
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List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
This list of dinosaur-bearing rock formations is a list of geologic formations in which dinosaur fossils have been documented.
Containing body fossils
* List of stratigraphic units with dinosaur body fossils
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List of stratigraphic units with dinosaur trace fossils
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Dinosaur eggs
References
Bibliography
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Geologic formations of France
Upper Cretaceous Series of Europe
Cretaceous France
Maastrichtian Stage
Marl formations
Conglomerate formations
Sandstone formations
Fluvial deposits
Ooliferous formations
Paleontology in France