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(Redirected from Argiles Ostreennes) Geological formation in France
Argiles Ostréennes
Stratigraphic range: Early Cretaceous
TypeGeological formation
Location
RegionEurope
Country France

The Argiles Ostréennes (French for: "clay with fossil oysters") 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.

Vertebrate paleofauna

  • Iguanodontia indet

See also

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. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
  2. "The Polyglot Paleontologist". Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 20 August 2023.


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