The Calcaire à Spatangues (French for: "limestone with Spatangus") is a geological formation in the Paris basin of northern central France whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.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. .

Fossil content

Dinosaurs

Ornithischians Ornithischians of the Calcaire à Spatangues Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images Mantellisaurus Indeterminate Hauterivian A hadrosauriform styracosternan

See also

List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations

References