Marnes de Bleville

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Marnes de Bléville
Stratigraphic range: Kimmeridgian
Type Formation
Sub-unitsLower, Middle and Upper Members
Underlies Argiles d'Octeville
Overlies Bancs de Plomb
Thickness6 to 12 metres
Lithology
Primary Limestone, Marlstone
Location
Region Normandy
Country France
Dinosaur localities. E1 - Marnes de Bleville. Paleogeography and paleoclimate of the Late Jurassic - 150 Ma with dinosaur fossil localities.png
Dinosaur localities. E1 - Marnes de Bléville.

The Marnes de Bleville is a geological formation in France. It dates back to the Late Jurassic. [1]

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Vertebrate fauna

Dinosaurs of the Marnes de Bleville
TaxaPresenceDescriptionImages

Dryosauridae indet. [1] [2]

Middle Member, Cap de la Hève, Octeville

Remains consist of an isolated femur, formerly referred to Dryosaurus [3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Jurassic, Europe)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 545–549. ISBN   0-520-24209-2.
  2. ↑ Allain, R. and Pereda-Suberbiola, X. 2003. Dinosaurs of France. Comptes Rendus Palevol 2: 27–44.
  3. ↑ E. Buffetaut and E. Cacheleux. 1997. The dinosaur Dryosaurus (Ornithopoda, Dryosauridae) in the Kimmeridgian (Late Jurassic) of Normandy: palaeobiogeographical implications. Compte Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Série IIA324:499-503

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