Calcaire à Spatangues

Geologic formation in France
Calcaire à Spatangues
Stratigraphic range: Hauterivian
TypeGeological formation
Location
RegionEurope

The Calcaire à Spatangues (French for: "limestone with Spatangus") is a geological formation in the Paris basin of northern central France whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]

Vertebrate paleofauna

  • Mantellisaurus[1]

See also

  • Earth sciences portal
  • iconPaleontology portal
  • Dinosaurs portal

References

  1. ^ a b Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Early Cretaceous, Europe)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 556-563. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.


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