The Argiles d'Octeville (meaning Octeville Clay) is a geological formation in Normandy, France. It dates back to the Kimmeridgian stage of the Late Jurassic.Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Jurassic, Europe)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 545–549. . It is equivalent to the Kimmeridge Clay in EnglandGallois, R. W. 2005 Kimmeridgian of the Normandy coast, C. R. L'Acad. Sci., Vol. 337, 347-255. and predominantly consists of claystone, with some limestone.M. Saint-Germès, F. Baudin, J.-F. Deconinck, P. Hantzpergue, Y. Samson. 1996. Sédimentologie de la matière organique et des argiles du Kimméridgien de Normandie (région du Havre) (Sedimentology of organic matter and day mineralogy in the Kimmeridgian of Normandy (Le Havre area)) It is well exposed in cliff section at Cap de la Hève
Vertebrate fauna
Reptiles of the Argiles d'Octeville TaxaSpecies PresenceMaterial Notes Images DacentrurusIndeterminateCliffs of Octeville, Cap de La Hève, Normandy"Seven cervical vertebrae, seven dorsal vertebrae, a sacrum with seven fused centra and sacral ribs, the left ilium, the posterior ends of one pubis and one ischium, the first caudal vertebra and one femur"Dacentrurine Stegosaur. Excavated in 1898.Lepage Y., Buffetaut E. & Lepage G., 2018. The first photographs of a dinosaur excavation in Europe: Emile Savalle and the stegosaur from Octeville (Normandy, 1898). Colligo, 1(1). https://perma-archives.org/warc/20180728200744/http://www.revue-colligo.fr/index.php?id=11 First described as "Omosaurus lennieri" by Nopcsa in 1911Nopcsa F., 1911. Omosaurus lennieri. Un nouveau dinosaurien au Cap de la Hève. Bulletin de la Société géologique de Normandie, 30 (1910) : 23-42. Remains destroyed by WW2 bombing in 1944. NormannognathusBuffetaut, E., Lepage, J.-J., and Lepage, G. (1998). A new pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Kimmeridgian of the Cap de la Hève (Normandy, France). Geological Magazine 135(5):719–722.N. wellnhoferiCliffs of Octeville, Cap de La Hève, NormandyLeft anterior portion of the skull and associated lower jawsPterosaur, indeterminate Monofenestratan.
SauropodaIndeterminate Geographically located in Departement de la Seine-Maritime, France. "(=Pelorosaurus sp.)"
See also
List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
References