Marnes Rouges Inférieures Formation

The Marnes Rouges Inférieures 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 Inférieures 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°54′N 2°18′E / 42.9°N 2.3°E / 42.9; 2.3
Approximate paleocoordinates34°48′N 2°00′E / 34.8°N 2.0°E / 34.8; 2.0
RegionOccitania
Country France
Type section
Named forFrench: "Lower Red Marls"
Marnes Rouges Inférieures Formation is located in France
Marnes Rouges Inférieures Formation
Marnes Rouges Inférieures Formation (France)

Paleofauna

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References

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

Bibliography

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