Calcaire de Caen
| Calcaire de Caen | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Paris Basin |
| Underlies | Calcaire de Rouvres/Calcaire de Creully |
| Overlies | Marnes de Port en Bessin |
| Thickness | Approximately 22 m |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone |
| Location | |
| Region | Europe |
| Country |  France |
| Extent | Normandy |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Caen |
The Calcaire de Caen or 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]
Color key
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Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; |
| Dinosaurs reported from the Calcaire de Caen | ||||||
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| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | |
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D. valesdunensis[1] |
Geographically located in the Département Du Calvados, France.[1] |
"Nearly complete skull and partial skeleton."[3] |
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Indeterminate[1] |
Geographically located in the Département Du Calvados, France.[1] |
Later found to be indeterminate theropod remains.[1] | ||||
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P. bucklandii[1] |
Geographically located in the Département Du Calvados, France.[1] |
"Partial postcranial skeleton."[3] |
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See also
Footnotes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l 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.