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Chalk of the Pays de Caux
Stratigraphic range: Late Cretaceous, lower Cenomanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
The Chalk of the Pays de Caux outcropping at Saint-Jouin-Bruneval
Type	Geological formation
Sub-units	Several ammonite subunits, including: Mantelliceras mantelli zone (=Neostlingoceras carcitanense, Sharpeiceras schlueteri, and Mantelliceras saxbii zones) Mantelliceras dixoni zone Cunningtoniceras inerme zone Acanthoceras rhotomagense zone (=Turrilites costatus and Turrilites acutus zones) Acanthoceras jukesbrownei zone Calycoceras naviculare zone Metoicoceras geslianum zone Neocardioceras juddii zone
Underlies	Watinoceras devonense zone
Overlies	Surface rav. Octeville
Lithology
Primary	Glauconitic chalk
Location
Coordinates	43°22′05″N 1°59′26″E / 43.3681°N 1.9906°E / 43.3681; 1.9906
Region	Normandy
Country	France
Extent	Pays de Caux
Chalk of the Pays de Caux (France)

The Chalk of the Pays de Caux is a geologic locality dating to the Late Cretaceous (lower Cenomanian age), outcropping in the Pays de Caux region of France. Dinosaur and reptile fossils are among the known remains found in the Chalk of the Pays de Caux.

Paleobiota

Ammonite and fish fossils are known from this locality.


Genus	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes
Abelisauridae	Indeterminate	Saint-Jouin-Bruneval	C3 (Mantelliceras dixoni zon)	An isolated tooth	May belong to Caletodraco, or a taxon that predated or scavenged it
Caletodraco	C. cottardi	Saint-Jouin-Bruneval	C3 (Mantelliceras dixoni zone)	The sacrum, partial ilia, the first caudal vertebra, and various fragmentary bones, possibly ribs
Crocodilia	Indeterminate			Scant remains
Ichthyosauria	Indeterminate			Scant remains
?Lamniformes	Indeterminate	Saint-Jouin-Bruneval	C3 (Mantelliceras dixoni zone)	A single tooth	Discovered alongside the holotype of Caletodraco

^ Hoyez, B.; Girard, J.; Cottard, N. Le (2020) Cénomanien du littoral normand entre la valleuse d’Antifer et le cap de la Hève; Carnets Géol.: Madrid, Spain; 225p, ISBN 978-2-916733-19-7, Book 2020/01 (CG2020_B01).
^ Buffetaut, E.; Tong, H.; Girard, J.; Hoyez, B.; Párraga, J. (2024). "Caletodraco cottardi: A New Furileusaurian Abelisaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Cenomanian Chalk of Normandy (North-Western France)". Fossil Studies. 2 (3): 177–195. doi:10.3390/fossils2030009.
^ Lennier, G. (1868) Etudes Géologiques et Paléontologiques sur l’Embouchure de la Seine et les Falaises de la Haute-Normandie; Imprimerie Eugène Costey: Le Havre, France; 245p.
^ Lennier, G. (1904) Muséum du Havre. Petit Guide Illustré du Visiteur; Imprimerie du Journal Le Havre: Le Havre, France; 371p.

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