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Calcaire_de_Caen Latitude and Longitude:
49°24′N 0°24′E / 49.4°N 0.4°E / 49.4; 0.4
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Calcaire de Caen
Stratigraphic range: Middle Bathonian
~168–166  Ma
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Type Geological formation
Sub-unitsBanc Royal & Pierre de Caen Members
Underlies Calcaire de Rouvres/ Calcaire de Creully
Overlies Marnes de Port en Bessin
Thickness~22 m (72 ft)
Lithology
Primary Limestone
Location
Coordinates 49°24′N 0°24′E / 49.4°N 0.4°E / 49.4; 0.4
Approximate paleocoordinates 39°12′N 10°42′E / 39.2°N 10.7°E / 39.2; 10.7
Region Normandy
Country  France
Extent Paris Basin
Type section
Named for Caen
Calcaire de Caen is located in France
Calcaire de Caen
Calcaire de Caen (France)
Calcaire de Caen is located in Normandy
Calcaire de Caen
Calcaire de Caen (Normandy)

The Calcaire de Caen or Calcaires de Caen Formation; French for Caen Limestone, is a geological formation in France. It dates back to the mid- Bathonian of the Jurassic. [1] It was often quarried for building work and is referred to as Caen Stone.

Vertebrate fauna

Indeterminate sauropod remains located in the Département Du Calvados, France. [1]

Dinosaurs
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes
Dubreuillosaurus [1] [2] D. valesdunensis [1] Département Du Calvados [1] Pierre de Caen Member "Nearly complete skull and partial skeleton." [3]
Megalosaurus [1] Indeterminate [1] Département Du Calvados, France. [1] Later found to be indeterminate theropod remains. [1] Collected in 1826.
Poekilopleuron [1] P. bucklandii [1] Département Du Calvados, France. [1] Banc Royal Member "Partial postcranial skeleton." [3]
Teleosaurus [1] T. cadomensis [1]

T. geoffroyi (?) [1]

Département Du Calvados, France. [1] "Quarter of a skull and other assorted fragments." [1] Remains of T. geoffroyi destroyed in 1944. T. geoffroyi may have been the same as T. cadomensis. [1]
Color key
Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Dubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon
Notes
Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; crossed out taxa are discredited.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Middle Jurassic, Europe)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 538–541. ISBN  0-520-24209-2.
  2. ^ Allain, R., 2005, "The postcranial anatomy of the megalosaur Dubreuillosaurus valesdunensis (Dinosauria Theropoda) from the Middle Jurassic of Normandy, France", Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(4): 850–858
  3. ^ a b "Table 4.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 72.
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