Calcaire de Caen
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The Calcaire de Caen is a geological formation in Europe. It dates back to the Middle Jurassic
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Middle Jurassic
The Middle Jurassic is the second epoch of the Jurassic Period. It lasted from 176-161 million years ago. In European lithostratigraphy, rocks of this Middle Jurassic age are called the Dogger....
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Vertebrate fauna
Indeterminate sauropod remains located in the Département Du Calvados, France.| Dinosaur Dinosaur Dinosaurs are a diverse group of animals of the clade and superorder Dinosauria. They were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates for over 160 million years, from the late Triassic period until the end of the Cretaceous , when the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event led to the extinction of... s reported from the Calcaire de Caen |
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Megalosaurus Megalosaurus Megalosaurus is a genus of large meat-eating theropod dinosaurs of the Middle Jurassic period of Europe... |
Indeterminate |
Geographically located in the Département Du Calvados, France. |
Later found to be indeterminate theropod remains. |
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Poekilopleuron Poekilopleuron Poekilopleuron is an extinct genus of large basal tetanuran theropod dinosaur, perhaps belonging to the clade Allosauroidea. It measured 9 metres long and 1 ton in mass... |
P. bucklandii |
Geographically located in the Département Du Calvados, France. |
"Partial postcranial skeleton." |
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"P." valesdunensis |
Geographically located in the Département Du Calvados, France. |
"Nearly complete skull and partial skeleton." |
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