Argiles à Plicatules explained

Argiles à Plicatules
Type:	Geological formation
Age:	Aptian
Period:	Aptian
Region:	Europe

The Argiles à Plicatules (French for: "clay with Plicatula") is a geological formation in northern central France whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.^[1]

Fossil content

• Iguanodon bernissartensis^[1]
• Mantellisaurus atherfieldensis^[1]

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations

Notes and References

1. 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. .