Luxembourg Sandstone

The Luxembourg Sandstone (French: Grès de Luxembourg) is a geologic formation in Luxembourg. It exists along the eastern margin of the Paris Basin. Sandstone units continuous with the Luxembourg Sandstone also occur in France. It is Early Jurassic in age. It predominantly outcrops in a belt extending through south-central Luxembourg. It up to 100 metres thick and predominantly consists of carbonaceous poorly cemented sandstone and sandy limestone

Fossil content
Among others, the following fossils were reported from the formation:


 * Reptiles
 * Ichthyosaurus communis
 * Temnodontosaurus sp.
 * Neotheropoda indet.
 * Plesiosauria indet.
 * cf. Theropoda indet.


 * Fish
 * Halonodon luxembourgensis
 * Hybodontidae indet.


 * Gastropods
 * Pleurotomaria cognata
 * P. hennocquii
 * P. hettangiensis
 * P. wanderbachi
 * Ptychomphalus caepa
 * P. wehenkeli
 * Scurriopsis (Hennocquia) hettangiensis
 * Scurriopsis (Scurriopsis) schmidti
 * Trochotoma clypeus