Marnes de Châlins
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| Marnes de Châlins | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Norian-Rhaetian ~ | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Marl |
| Location | |
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| Approximate paleocoordinates | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. |
| Region | Franche-Comté |
| Country | France |
| Extent | Jura |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Châlins |
Marnes de Châlins (France) | |
The Marnes de Châlins (French for Châlins Marl) is a Late Triassic (Norian to Rhaetian) geologic formation in France. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation, although none have yet been referred to a specific genus.[1]
Fossil content
[edit | edit source]The formation has provided the following fossils:[2]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
- ^ Marnes de Châlins at Fossilworks.org
Bibliography
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Further reading
[edit | edit source]- G. Cuny, M. Martin, R. Rauscher and J. Mazin. 1998. A new neoselachian shark from the Upper Triassic of Grozon (Jura, France). Geological Magazine 135(5):657-668
- A. F. d. Lapparent. 1967. Les dinosaures de France [The dinosaurs of France]. Sciences 51:4-19
- M. J. Henry. 1876. L'Infralias dans la Franche-Comté [The Lower Lias of Franche-Comté]. Mémoires de la Société d'Émulation du Doubs, 4e série 10:287-486