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The Falaises des Vaches Noires ("Black Cow Cliffs") are a geological site located along the coast of Normandy, France, in the communes of Houlgate, Gonneville-sur-Mer, Auberville, and Villers-sur-Mer. The site is notable for the many fossils that have been discovered there in marine sediments dating to the Middle to Late Jurassic period.

Paleontology
The lower layers of the cliffs have yielded many fossils of reptiles, including marine crocodylomorphs, ichthyosaurs, plesiosaurs, and dinosaurs such as the theropod Streptospondylus. Notably, the first dinosaur fossils ever discovered in France, studied by Georges Cuvier, were discovered at the Vaches Noires site. In addition to vertebrates, ammonites, urchins, and poriferans have also been discovered.