Moon-Airel Formation

Moon-Airel Formation
Moon-Airel Formation
Stratigraphic range: Rhaetian-Hettangian; ~206–197 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Geological formation
Lithology
Primary	Limestone
Other	Claystone
Location
Coordinates	49°12′N 1°06′E / 49.2°N 1.1°E
Approximate paleocoordinates	35°00′N 4°30′E / 35.0°N 4.5°E
Region	Basse-Normandie
Country	France
	Moon-Airel Formation (France)

The Moon-Airel Formation is a geological formation in France. It dates back to the late Rhaetian and early Hettangian.

Fossil content

Color key

Taxon	Reclassified taxon	Taxon falsely reported as present	Dubious taxon or junior synonym	Ichnotaxon	Ootaxon	Morphotaxon

Notes
Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text
~~crossed out~~ taxa are discredited.

Theropods of the Moon-Airel Formation
Genus	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes	Image
Lophostropheus	L. airelensis	De La Manche			A coelophysoid theropod

↑ 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. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
↑ Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
↑ Ezcurra, Martin D.; and Cuny, Gilles (2007). "The coelophysoid Lophostropheus airelensis, gen. nov.: a review of the systematics of "Liliensternus" airelensis from the Triassic-Jurassic boundary outcrops of Normandy (France)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 27 (1): 73–86. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[73:TCLAGN]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 85751238.