La Maladrerie quarry, Caen: Middle Bathonian, France
collected 1835

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Avincula digitata
1 specimen
Reptilia - Megalosauridae
Poekilopleuron bucklandii n. gen., n. sp. Eudes-Deslongchamps 1837
1 individual
(3 measurements)
Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Plesiosauridae
Liopleurodon bucklandi n. sp. Sauvage 1873
Sauvage 1873 1 specimen
synonym of Thaumatosaurus oolithicus
tooth
Chondrichthyes - Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae
Cestracion sp. Cuvier 1817
1 specimen
synonym of Heterodontus
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Myidae
? Mya ? scripta
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula nucleus (Linnaeus 1758)
1 specimen
recombined as Nucula (Nucula) nucleus
Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Belemnopseidae
Belemnites ? hastatus Blainville 1808
2 specimens
recombined as Belemnopsis hastata
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Basse-Normandie County:Calvados
Coordinates: 49.2° North, 0.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:38.9° North, 10.1° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:4 meters
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Middle Jurassic
Stage:Bathonian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 4
Key time interval:Middle Bathonian Ammonoid zone: Procerites progracilis
Age range of interval:168.20000 - 165.30000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Calcaires de Caen Member:Banc Royal
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: 25-30 feet below top of quarry, in "the wide bank"; possibly = Great Oolite; Procerites progracilis Zone
also "Calcaire de Caen"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: limestones contains "barite sulfate"
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,cast,mold/impression
Degree of concentration:dispersed
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Articulated whole bodies:some
Associated major elements:some
Disassociated major elements:many
Disassociated minor elements:some
Fragmentation:frequent
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,salvage,surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection dates:1835
Metadata
Also known as:Poekilopleuron type
Database number:49334
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-04-13 07:30:28 Last modified:2022-12-02 09:32:28
Access level:the public Released:2005-04-13 07:30:28
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
13170.ETE J. A. Eudes-Deslongchamps. 1837. Mémoire sur le Poekilopleuron bucklandi, Grande Saurien Fossile, Intermédiare entre les Crocodiles et les Lézards, Découvert dans les Carrières de la Maladrerie, près Caen, au Mois de Juillet 1835 [Memoir on the Poekilopleuron bucklandi, a Great Fossil Saurian, Intermediate between Crocodiles and Lizards, Discovered in the Maladrerie Quarries, near Caen, in July 1835]. 1-114 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

13206ETE R. Allain and D. J. Chure. 2002. Poekilopleuron bucklandii, the theropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) of Normandy. Palaeontology 45(6):1107-1121 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
77171 A. Brignon. 2018. Nouvelles données historiques sur les premiers dinosaures trouvés en France [New historical data on the first dinosaurs found in France]. BSGF - Earth Sciences Bulletin 189(1):4:1-19 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
77169 E. Buffetaut. 1983. La paléontologie des vertébrés mésozoïques en Normandie du 18e siècle à nos jours: un essai historique [The paleontology of Mesozoic vertebrates in Normandy from the 18th century to the present day: a historical essay ]. Actes du Muséum de Rouen 1983(2):39-59 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
45554 E. Buffetaut, G. Cuny, and J. Le Loeuff. 1991. French dinosaurs: the best record in Europe?. Modern Geology 16:17-42 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
76867 E. Buffetaut, G. Cuny, and J. Le Loeuff. 1993. The discovery of French dinosaurs. Modern Geology 18:161-182 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
77172 J.-A. Eudes-Deslongchamps. 1838. Mémoire sur le Poekilopleuron bucklandi, grande saurien fossile, intermédiare entre les crocodiles et les lézards, découvert dans les carrières de la Maladrerie, près Caen, au mois de juillet 1835 [Memoir on the Poekilopleuron bucklandi, a great fossil saurian, intermediate between crocodiles and lizards, discovered in the Maladrerie quarries, near Caen, in July 1835]. Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne Normandie 6:37-146 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
16872ETE F. v. Huene. 1923. Carnivorous Saurischia in Europe since the Triassic. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 34:449-458 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
14128ETE F. v. Huene. 1926. The carnivorous Saurischia in the Jura and Cretaceous formations, principally in Europe. Revista del Museo de La Plata 29:35-167 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
45099 A. F. d. Lapparent. 1967. Les dinosaures de France [The dinosaurs of France]. Sciences 51:4-19 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
45806 M. Rioult. 1978. Inventaire des dinosauriens Mesozoïques de Normandie [Inventory of Mesozoic dinosaurs from Normandy]. In M. Rioult (ed.), Ecosystèmes Continentaux Mesozoïques de Normandie 26-29 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
32159 H.-E. Sauvage. 1873. Notes sur les reptiles fossiles. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, série 3 1:365-386 [R. Butler/R. Butler/M. Carrano]