Dinosaurs found in
France
33 kinds of dinosaur have been found in France, from 76 recorded finds in the Paleobiology Database. 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 Argiles d'Octeville Formation and the Marnes de Dives Formation.
Where the fossils were found
Famous dinosaurs from France
Iguanodon
HerbivoreEarly Cretaceous
Megalosaurus
CarnivoreMiddle Jurassic
Compsognathus
CarnivoreLate Jurassic
Plateosaurus
HerbivoreLate Triassic
Pyroraptor
CarnivoreLate Cretaceous
Dacentrurus
HerbivoreLate Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
All 33 dinosaurs found in France
- Iguanodon
- Megalosaurus
- Compsognathus
- Plateosaurus
- Pyroraptor
- Dacentrurus
- Ampelosaurus
- Hylaeosaurus
- Thecodontosaurus
- Rhabdodon
- Arcovenator
- Erectopus
- Tarascosaurus
- Streptospondylus
- Loricatosaurus
- Variraptor
- Nuthetes
- Pelorosaurus
- Piveteausaurus
- Lophostropheus
- Genusaurus
- Echinodon
- Canardia
- Caletodraco
- Obelignathus
- Vouivria
- Duriatitan
- Atsinganosaurus
- Garrigatitan
- Matheronodon
- Actiosaurus
- Normanniasaurus
- Tapinosaurus