Moon-Airel Formation Explained

Moon-Airel Formation
Type:	Geological formation
Age:	Rhaetian-Hettangian ~
Period:	Hettangian
Prilithology:	Limestone
Otherlithology:	Claystone
Region:	Basse-Normandie
Country:	France
Coordinates:	49.2°N 1.1°W
Paleocoordinates:	35°N 4.5°W

The Moon-Airel Formation is a geological formation in France. It dates back to the late Rhaetian and early Hettangian.^{[1] [2]}

Vertebrate paleofauna

Dinosaurs
Genus	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes	Images
Halticosaurus	Indeterminate
Liliensternus	L. airelensis			Tooth, vertebrae, partial sacrum and multiple pelves, which have now been assigned to Lophostropheus airelensis^[3]
Lophostropheus	L. airelensis	De La Manche		Tooth, vertebrae, partial sacrum and multiple pelves

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations

Notes and References

1. Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Early Jurassic, Europe)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 532–534. .
2. Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. .
3. "Table 3.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 48.