Marnes de Châlins explained

Marnes de Châlins
Type:	Geological formation
Age:	Norian-Rhaetian ~
Period:	Late Triassic
Prilithology:	Marl
Namedfor:	Châlins
Region:	Franche-Comté
Coordinates:	46.9°N 5.7°W
Paleocoordinates:	29.2°N 8.8°W
Extent:	Jura

The Marnes de Châlins (French for Châlins Marl) is a Late Triassic (Norian to Rhaetian) geologic formation in France. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation, although none have yet been referred to a specific genus.^[1]

Fossil content

The formation has provided the following fossils:^[2]

• Reptiles
  • Plateosaurus sp.
  • Gresslyosaurus cf. plieningeri
  • ?Prosauropoda indet.
• Fish
  • Grozonodon candaui
  • Lissodus lepagei
  • L. minimus
  • ?Gyrolepis sp.
  • Ptychoceratodus rectangulus

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
  • List of stratigraphic units with indeterminate dinosaur fossils

References

Bibliography

Further reading

• G. Cuny, M. Martin, R. Rauscher and J. Mazin. 1998. A new neoselachian shark from the Upper Triassic of Grozon (Jura, France). Geological Magazine 135(5):657-668
• A. F. d. Lapparent. 1967. Les dinosaures de France [The dinosaurs of France]. Sciences 51:4-19
• M. J. Henry. 1876. L'Infralias dans la Franche-Comté [The Lower Lias of Franche-Comté]. Mémoires de la Société d'Émulation du Doubs, 4e série 10:287-486

Notes and References

1. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
2. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=collectionSearch&formation=Marnes%20de%20Ch%E2lins&member=NULL_OR_EMPTY Marnes de Châlins