La Penthiève Beds

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.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.

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

References