Earth:Calcaire de Caen

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Calcaire de Caen
Stratigraphic range: Middle Bathonian
~168–166 Ma
TypeGeological formation
Sub-unitsBanc Royal & Pierre de Caen Members
UnderliesCalcaire de Rouvres/Calcaire de Creully
OverliesMarnes de Port en Bessin
Thickness~22 m (72 ft)
Lithology
PrimaryLimestone
Location
Coordinates [ ⚑ ] : 49°24′N 0°24′E / 49.4°N 0.4°E / 49.4; 0.4
Paleocoordinates [ ⚑ ] 39°12′N 10°42′E / 39.2°N 10.7°E / 39.2; 10.7
RegionNormandy
Country France
ExtentParis Basin
Type section
Named forCaen
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]


See also

  • List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations

References

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 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. 3.0 3.1 "Table 4.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 72.