The Moon-Airel Formation is a geological formation in France. It dates back to the late Rhaetian and early Hettangian.[1][2]
| Moon-Airel Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Rhaetian-Hettangian ~ | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone |
| Other | Claystone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 49°12′N 1°06′E / 49.2°N 1.1°E |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 35°00′N 4°30′E / 35.0°N 4.5°E |
| Region | Basse-Normandie |
| Country |  France |
  Moon-Airel Formation (France) | |
Vertebrate paleofauna
edit| Dinosaurs | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
| Halticosaurus | Indeterminate | |||||
| Liliensternus | L. airelensis | Tooth, vertebrae, partial sacrum and multiple pelves, which have now been assigned to Lophostropheus airelensis[3] |  | |||
| Lophostropheus[1] | L. airelensis[1] | De La Manche[1] | Tooth, vertebrae, partial sacrum and multiple pelves[citation needed] | |||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Early Jurassic, Europe)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 532–534. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
- ^ Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
- ^ "Table 3.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 48.