Marnes a Belemnopsis latesulcatus Formation

Marnes a Belemnopsis latesulcatus Formation
Stratigraphic range: Callovian
Type Geological formation
Area Normandy
Location
Region Calvados Province
Country  France

The Marnes a Belemnopsis latesulcatus Formation is a Mesozoic geologic formation in France.

Vertebrate fauna

Dinosaur remains diagnostic to the genus level are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1] A referred specimen of Loricatosaurus priscus (MHBR 001) was found in this unit and is the source of the name Lexovisaurus when Hoffstetter (1957) coined that genus for the dubious species O. durobrivensis (to which he referred MNBR 001), because the area in which MHBR 001 was found used to be inhabited by the Lexovii, a tribe of the ancient Gauls.[2]

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
  2. ↑ Hoffstetter, R., 1957, "Quelques observations sur les Stégosaurinés", Bulletin du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 2nde série 29: 537-547

References

  • Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp.  ISBN 0-520-24209-2.


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