Calcaire de Caen

Calcaire de Caen
Calcaire de Caen
Stratigraphic range: Middle Bathonian; ~168–166 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
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	France
Extent	Paris Basin
Type section
Named for	Caen
	Calcaire de Caen (France) Calcaire de Caen (Normandy)

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.^[1] It was frequently quarried for building work and is referred to as Caen Stone.

Fossil content

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.

Dinosaurs

Ornithischians

Ornithischians of the Calcaire de Caen
Genus	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes	Image
Lexovisaurus^[1]	L. durobrivensis	Département Du Calvados, France	Bathonian		A stegosaur

Sauropods

Sauropods of the Calcaire de Caen
Genus	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes	Image
Sauropoda Indet.^[1]	Indeterminate	Département Du Calvados, France	Bathonian		An indeterminate sauropod

Theropods

Theropods of the Calcaire de Caen
Genus	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes	Image
Dubreuillosaurus^[1]^[2]	D. valesdunensis	Département Du Calvados, France	Bathonian	Nearly complete skull and partial skeleton.	A afrovenatorine megalosaurid
Poekilopleuron^[1]	P. bucklandii	Département Du Calvados, France	Bathonian	Partial postcranial skeleton.	A carnosaurian theropod

Thalattosuchians

Thalattosuchians of the Calcaire de Caen
Genus	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes	Image
Deslongchampsina^[1]^[3]	D. larteti	Département Du Calvados, France	Bathonian		A machimosaurid thalattosuchian
Proexochokefalos^[1]^[4]	P. cf. bouchardi	Département Du Calvados, France	Bathonian		A machimosaurine machimosaurid
Seldsienean^[1]^[5]	S. megistorhynchus	Département Du Calvados, France	Bathonian		A machimosaurid thalattosuchian
Teleosaurus^[1]	T. cadomensis	Département Du Calvados, France	Bathonian	Quarter of a skull and other assorted fragments.	A teleosaurine teleosaurid
Teleosaurus^[1]	T. geoffroyi (?)	Département Du Calvados, France	Bathonian	Quarter of a skull and other assorted fragments.	A teleosaurine teleosaurid
Yvridiosuchus^[1]	Y. boutilieri	Département Du Calvados, France	Bathonian		A machimosaurin machimosaurine

Plesiosaurs

Plesiosaurs of the Calcaire de Caen
Genus	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes	Image
Plesiosauria Indet.	Indeterminate	Département Du Calvados, France	Bathonian		An indeterminate plesiosaur

Fish

Cartilaginous Fish

Cartilaginous Fish of the Calcaire de Caen
Genus	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes	Image
Strophodus^[1]	S. longidens	Département Du Calvados, France	Bathonian		A hybodont
	S. magnus
	S. medius
	S. reticulatus

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 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
↑ Michela M. Johnson; Mark T. Young; Stephen L. Brusatte (2019). "Re-description of two contemporaneous mesorostrine teleosauroids (Crocodylomorpha: Thalattosuchia) from the Bathonian of England and insights into the early evolution of Machimosaurini". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 189 (2): 449–482. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz037. hdl:1842/36656.
↑ Michela M. Johnson; Mark T. Young; Stephen L. Brusatte (2020). "The phylogenetics of Teleosauroidea (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia) and implications for their ecology and evolution". PeerJ. 8 e9808. doi:10.7717/peerj.9808. PMC 7548081. PMID 33083104.
↑ Johnson, Michela M.; Young, Mark T.; Brusatte, Stephen L. (2020). "The phylogenetics of Teleosauroidea (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia) and implications for their ecology and evolution". PeerJ. 8 e9808. doi:10.7717/peerj.9808. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 7548081. PMID 33083104.

[middlejurassicdistribution-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 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.

[Allain2005-2] 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] Michela M. Johnson; Mark T. Young; Stephen L. Brusatte (2019). "Re-description of two contemporaneous mesorostrine teleosauroids (Crocodylomorpha: Thalattosuchia) from the Bathonian of England and insights into the early evolution of Machimosaurini". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 189 (2): 449–482. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz037. hdl:1842/36656.

[4] Michela M. Johnson; Mark T. Young; Stephen L. Brusatte (2020). "The phylogenetics of Teleosauroidea (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia) and implications for their ecology and evolution". PeerJ. 8 e9808. doi:10.7717/peerj.9808. PMC 7548081. PMID 33083104.

[5] Johnson, Michela M.; Young, Mark T.; Brusatte, Stephen L. (2020). "The phylogenetics of Teleosauroidea (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia) and implications for their ecology and evolution". PeerJ. 8 e9808. doi:10.7717/peerj.9808. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 7548081. PMID 33083104.

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