| Calcaire de Caen | |
| Type: | Geological formation |
| Age: | Middle Bathonian ~ |
| Period: | Bathonian |
| Prilithology: | Limestone |
| Namedfor: | Caen |
| Region: | Normandy |
| Country: |  France |
| Coordinates: | 49.4°N 0.4°W |
| Paleocoordinates: | 39.2°N 10.7°W |
| Subunits: | Banc Royal & Pierre de Caen Members |
| Underlies: | Calcaire de Rouvres/Calcaire de Creully |
| Overlies: | Marnes de Port en Bessin |
| Thickness: | ~22m (72feet) |
| Extent: | Paris Basin |
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.
Indeterminate sauropod remains located in the Département Du Calvados, France.
| Dinosaurs | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | |
| Dubreuillosaurus[2] | D. valesdunensis | Département Du Calvados | Pierre de Caen Member | "Nearly complete skull and partial skeleton." | ||
| Megalosaurus | Indeterminate | Département Du Calvados, France. | Later found to be indeterminate theropod remains. Collected in 1826. | |||
| Poekilopleuron | P. bucklandii | Département Du Calvados, France. | Banc Royal Member | "Partial postcranial skeleton."[3] | ||
| Teleosaurus | T. cadomensisT. geoffroyi (?) | Département Du Calvados, France. | "Quarter of a skull and other assorted fragments." | Remains of T. geoffroyi destroyed in 1944. T. geoffroyi may have been the same as T. cadomensis. | ||