Calcaire de Caen

Coordinates: 49°24′N 0°24′E / 49.4°N 0.4°E / 49.4; 0.4
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Calcaire de Caen
Ma
Type
Approximate 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)

The Calcaire de Caen or Calcaires de Caen Formation;

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

  • List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations

References

  1. ^ .
  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.