Dinosaurs found in
France
31 kinds of dinosaur have been found in France, from 73 recorded finds. The best known are Iguanodon, Megalosaurus and Compsognathus.
Most of the fossils come from the Grès à Reptiles Formation, the Marnes Rouges Inférieures Formation, the Argiles rutilantes Formation, the Marnes de Dives Formation and the Argiles d'Octeville Formation.
Where the fossils were found
From the field
Famous dinosaurs from France
Weald Clay Fm. · named 1825
Iguanodon
10 mHerbivoreEarly Cretaceous
Cotswold Slate Fm. · named 1822
Megalosaurus
6 mCarnivoreMiddle Jurassic
Alcobaça Fm. · named 1861
Compsognathus
1 mCarnivoreLate Jurassic
Löwenstein Fm. · named 1837
Plateosaurus
8 mHerbivoreLate Triassic
France · named 2000
Pyroraptor
CarnivoreLate Cretaceous
Villar del Arzobispo Fm. · named 1902
Dacentrurus
6 mHerbivoreLate Jurassic
Argiles rutilantes Fm. · named 1995
Ampelosaurus
15 mHerbivoreLate Cretaceous
Tunbridge Wells Sand Fm. · named 1833
Hylaeosaurus
5 mHerbivoreEarly Cretaceous
All 31 dinosaurs found in France
- Iguanodon
- Megalosaurus
- Compsognathus
- Plateosaurus
- Pyroraptor
- Dacentrurus
- Ampelosaurus
- Hylaeosaurus
- Rhabdodon
- Arcovenator
- Erectopus
- Tarascosaurus
- Streptospondylus
- Loricatosaurus
- Variraptor
- Nuthetes
- Pelorosaurus
- Piveteausaurus
- Lophostropheus
- Genusaurus
- Echinodon
- Canardia
- Caletodraco
- Obelignathus
- Vouivria
- Duriatitan
- Atsinganosaurus
- Garrigatitan
- Matheronodon
- Actiosaurus
- Normanniasaurus