Calcaire de Caen
Appearance
Calcaire de Caen | |
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Stratigraphic range: Middle Bathonian ~ | |
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 |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 39°12′N 10°42′E / 39.2°N 10.7°E |
Region | Normandy |
Country | ![]() |
Extent | Paris Basin |
Type section | |
Named for | Caen |
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
[edit]Indeterminate sauropod remains located in the Département Du Calvados, France.[1]
Dinosaurs | ||||||
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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
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Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
- ^ a b "Table 4.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 72.