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Grès et sables piquetésnd | |
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Stratigraphic range: Early Cretaceous | |
Type | Geological formationmnf |
Sub-units | klb |
Overlies | bc |
Area | nyw |
Lithology | |
Other | mnfc |
Location | |
Region | Europe |
Country | France. C |
The Grès et sables piquetés (French for: "spotted sandstone and sand") is a geological formation in Haute Marne and Meuse Departments, France, that dates back to the Early Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1] {Infobox rockunit | name = Grès et sables piquetés | image = | caption = | type = Geological formation | age = Early Cretaceous | period = Barremian | prilithology = | otherlithology = | namedfor = | namedby = | region = Europe | country = France | coordinates = | unitof = | subunits = | underlies = | overlies = | thickness = | extent = | area = | map = | map_caption = }} The Grès et sables piquetés (French for: "spotted sandstone and sand") is a geological formation in Haute Marne and Meuse Departments, France, that dates back to the Early Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]
Vertebrate paleofauna
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edit- ^ 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.