Genus: Caesaria SPICHER, JOYCE, GUERIAU, PEYER, RENELEAU & ANQUETIN, 2026
Etymology: The name Caesaria is used in apposition and refers to Julius Caesar. During Antiquity, the Canjuers' Plateau was known as Campus Julii ('plain of Julius Caesar'), a name associated with the passage of Julius Caesar through the Canjuers' Plateau during the Gallic campaigns and from which the name 'Canjuers' is derived. Teh generic name thus references the historical origin of the name of the type locality.

Species: templaria SPICHER, JOYCE, GUERIAU, PEYER, RENELEAU & ANQUETIN, 2026
Etymology: The specific name templaria, used as a noun in appoistion, refers to an important medieval Templar stronghold located at Comps-sur-Artuby, the village adjacent to the Les Bessons areea where the fossils were discovered.

Holotype: MNHN.F.CNJ77

Locality: Canjuers, Commune d’Airguines, Var Department, France.

Horizon: Lithographic limestone.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Early Tithonian Stage, Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.

Material: Complete skull, shell, a few partial cervical vertebrae and limb elements.

Referred material:

MNHN.F.CNJ174: Some skull elements and a nearly complete shell.