La Penthiève Beds Explained

La Penthiève Beds
Type:	Formation
Age:	Early Cretaceous,
Prilithology:	Phosphate
Region:	Louppy-le-Château
Country:	France
Subunits:	Mammilatum Zone
Period:	Albian

The La Penthiève Beds is a geologic formation in Louppy-le-Château, France. It preserves fossils dating back to the Early Cretaceous period.

Part of the formation is known as the Mammilatum Zone, which dates to the lower Albian.^[1]

Paleofauna

• Crocodylia indet.
• Dakosaurus sp.
• Erectopus superbus
• Hylaeosaurus sp.
• Pervushovisaurus campylodon
• Plesiosauria indet.
• Polycotylus sp.
• Polyptychodon interruptus

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in France

Notes and References

1. Allain, R. (2005). The enigmatic theropod dinosaur Erectopus superbus (Sauvage, 1882) from the Lower Albian of Louppy-le-Château (Meuse, France). in Carpenter, K. 2005. The Carnivorous Dinosaurs, Indiana University Press: 72-86.