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
~70–66 Ma
TypeGeological formation
UnderliesCalcaires de Vignevieille
OverliesGrès d'Alet
ThicknessOver 150 m (490 ft)
Lithology
PrimaryMudstone
OtherSandstone
Location
Coordinates42.9°N 2.3°E / 42.9; 2.3
Approximate paleocoordinates34.8°N 2.0°E / 34.8; 2.0
RegionLanguedoc-Roussillon
Country France
Type section
Named forFrench: "Lower Red Marls"
Marnes Rouges Inferieures Formation (France)

Paleofauna

See also

References

  1. Fondevilla et al., 2016
  2. Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.517-607

Bibliography

  • Fondevilla, Víctor; Jaume Dinarès-Turell; Bernat Vila; Jean Le Loeuff; Rita Estrada; Oriol Oms, and Àngel Galobart. 2016. 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
  • Weishampel, David B.; Peter Dodson, and Halszka Osmólska (eds.). 2004. The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, 1–880. Berkeley: University of California Press. Accessed 2019-02-21. ISBN 0-520-24209-2
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