The Calcaire de Caen or Calcaires de Caen Formation; French for Caen Limestone, is a geological formation in France. It is dated to the mid-Bathonian of the Jurassic period.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. . It was frequently quarried for building work and is referred to as Caen Stone.
Fossil content
Dinosaurs
Ornithischians Ornithischians of the Calcaire de CaenGenusSpeciesLocationStratigraphic positionMaterialNotesImage Lexovisaurus L. durobrivensis Département Du Calvados, France Bathonian A stegosaur
Sauropods Sauropods of the Calcaire de CaenGenusSpeciesLocationStratigraphic positionMaterialNotesImage Sauropoda Indet. Indeterminate Département Du Calvados, France Bathonian An indeterminate sauropod.
Theropods Theropods of the Calcaire de CaenGenusSpeciesLocationStratigraphic positionMaterialNotesImage DubreuillosaurusAllain, 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 D. valesdunensis Département Du Calvados, France Bathonian Nearly complete skull and partial skeleton. A afrovenatorine megalosaurid Poekilopleuron P. bucklandii Département Du Calvados, France Bathonian Partial postcranial skeleton. A carnosaurian theropod
Thalattosuchians Thalattosuchians of the Calcaire de CaenGenusSpeciesLocationStratigraphic positionMaterialNotesImage Deslongchampsina D. larteti Département Du Calvados, France Bathonian A machimosaurid thalattosuchian Proexochokefalos P. cf. bouchardi Département Du Calvados, France Bathonian A machimosaurine machimosaurid Seldsienean S. megistorhynchus Département Du Calvados, France Bathonian A machimosaurid thalattosuchian Teleosaurus T. cadomensis Département Du Calvados, France Bathonian Quarter of a skull and other assorted fragments. A teleosaurine teleosaurid T. geoffroyi (?) Yvridiosuchus Y. boutilieri Département Du Calvados, France Bathonian A machimosaurin machimosaurine
Plesiosaurs Plesiosaurs of the Calcaire de CaenGenusSpeciesLocationStratigraphic positionMaterialNotesImage Plesiosauria Indet. Indeterminate Département Du Calvados, France Bathonian An indeterminate plesiosaur
Fish
Cartilaginous Fish Cartilaginous Fish of the Calcaire de CaenGenusSpeciesLocationStratigraphic positionMaterialNotesImage Strophodus S. longidens Département Du Calvados, France Bathonian A hybodont S. magnus S. medius S. reticulatus
See also List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
References