Marnes Rouges Inferieures Formation
The Marnes Rouges Inferieures 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]
| Marnes Rouges Inferieures Formation Stratigraphic range: Maastrichtian | |
|---|---|
| Type | Geological formation |
| Underlies | Calcaires de Vignevieille |
| Overlies | Grès d'Alet |
| Thickness | Over 150 metres |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Mudstone |
| Other | Sandstone |
| Location | |
| Country |  |
Paleofauna
- Foxemys mechinorum
- Gargantuavis philoinos
- Ampelosaurus atacis
- Lirainosaurus astibiae
- Rhabdodon priscus
- Allodaposuchus precedens
See also
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
References
- Fondevilla, Víctor; Dinarès-Turell, Jaume; Vila, Bernat; Le Loeuff, Jean; Estrada, Rita; Oms, Oriol; Galobart, Àngel (2016-01). "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. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
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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