Moon-Airel Formation
Stratigraphic range: Rhaetian-Hettangian
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TypeGeological formation
Lithology
PrimaryLimestone
OtherClaystone
Location
Coordinates49°12′N 1°06′E / 49.2°N 1.1°E / 49.2; 1.1
Approximate paleocoordinates35°00′N 4°30′E / 35.0°N 4.5°E / 35.0; 4.5
RegionBasse-Normandie
Country France
Moon-Airel Formation is located in France
Moon-Airel Formation
Moon-Airel Formation (France)

The Moon-Airel Formation is a geological formation in France. It dates back to the late Rhaetian and early Hettangian.[1][2]

Vertebrate paleofauna

Dinosaurs
GenusSpeciesLocationStratigraphic positionMaterialNotesImages
Halticosaurus Indeterminate
Liliensternus L. airelensis Tooth, vertebrae, partial sacrum and multiple pelves, which have now been assigned to Lophostropheus airelensis[3]
Lophostropheus[1] L. airelensis[1] De La Manche[1] Tooth, vertebrae, partial sacrum and multiple pelves

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Early Jurassic, Europe)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 532–534. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
  2. Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
  3. "Table 3.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 48.
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