Chalk of the Pays de Caux


The Chalk of the Pays de Caux is a geologic locality dating to the Late Cretaceous, 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.
GenusSpeciesLocationStratigraphic positionMaterialNotesImage
AbelisauridaeIndeterminateSaint-Jouin-BrunevalC3 An isolated toothMay belong to Caletodraco, or a taxon that predated or scavenged it
CaletodracoC. cottardiSaint-Jouin-BrunevalC3 The sacrum, partial ilia, the first caudal vertebra, and various fragmentary bones, possibly ribs
CrocodiliaIndeterminateScant remains
IchthyosauriaIndeterminateScant remains
?LamniformesIndeterminateSaint-Jouin-BrunevalC3 A single toothDiscovered alongside the holotype of Caletodraco