Ocean City (NJSM) (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: New Jersey (39.3° N, 74.6° W: paleocoordinates 39.4° N, 55.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Vincentown Formation, Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. A. Brochu. 2006. Osteology and phylogenetic significance of Eosuchus minor (Marsh, 1870) new combination, a longirostrine crocodylian from the late Paleocene of North America. Journal of Paleontology 80(1):162-186 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 123511: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 24.01.2012

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Gavialidae
Eosuchus minor Marsh 1870 crocodilian
NJSM 15437 (most of the disarticulated skull and mandible along with some postcranial elements)