Angeac-Charente bonebed | |
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Stratigraphic range: | |
Type | Bed |
Underlies | Unconformity with Pleistocene deposits |
Thickness | 2 metres |
Lithology | |
Primary | Clay |
Location | |
Extent | Aquitaine Basin |
The Angeac-Charente bonebed is a fossil deposit located near Angeac-Charente in western France. It dates to the Berriasian stage of the Early Cretaceous, and is coeval with the Purbeck Group of Southern England. It has amongst the most diverse assemblages of earliest Cretaceous vertebrates known from Europe.