Moon-Airel Formation
| 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) | |
The Moon-Airel Formation is a geological formation in France. It dates back to the late Rhaetian and early Hettangian.[1][2]
Fossil content
[edit]Color key
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Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; |
Dinosaurs
[edit]Theropods
[edit]| Theropods of the Moon-Airel Formation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Image |
| Lophostropheus[3] | L. airelensis | De La Manche | A coelophysoid theropod | |||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Ezcurra, Martin D.; and Cuny, Gilles (2007). "The coelophysoid Lophostropheus airelensis, gen. nov.: a review of the systematics of "Liliensternus" airelensis from the Triassic-Jurassic boundary outcrops of Normandy (France)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 27 (1): 73–86. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[73:TCLAGN]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 85751238.