Calcaire de Caen | |
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Stratigraphic range: Middle Bathonian ~168–166 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
Type | Geological formation |
Sub-units | Banc 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 |
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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. 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.
Dinosaurs | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | |
Dubreuillosaurus | D. valesdunensis | Département Du Calvados | Pierre de Caen Member | "Nearly complete skull and partial skeleton." | ||
Megalosaurus | Indeterminate | Département Du Calvados, France. | Later found to be indeterminate theropod remains. Collected in 1826. | |||
Poekilopleuron | P. bucklandii | Département Du Calvados, France. | Banc Royal Member | "Partial postcranial skeleton." | ||
Seldsienean | S. megistorhynchus | Département Du Calvados, France. | ||||
Teleosaurus | T. cadomensis
T. geoffroyi (?) |
Département Du Calvados, France. | "Quarter of a skull and other assorted fragments." | Remains of T. geoffroyi destroyed in 1944. T. geoffroyi may have been the same as T. cadomensis. |
Color key
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Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; |
See also
References
- ^ 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.
- 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
- ^ "Table 4.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 72.
- Johnson, Michela M.; Young, Mark T.; Brusatte, Stephen L. (2020). "The phylogenetics of Teleosauroidea (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia) and implications for their ecology and evolution". PeerJ. 8: e9808. doi:10.7717/peerj.9808. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 7548081. PMID 33083104.