FMNH PR 479: Bridgerian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Pristichampsus vorax
(Troxell 1925)
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| recombined as Boverisuchus vorax | ||||||||||
| FMNH PR 479 (crushed skull and associated skeletal scraps) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Sweetwater |
| Coordinates: | 41.7° North, 109.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 45.6° North, 95.1° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 | ||
| Key time interval: | Bridgerian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 50.50000 - 46.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Washakie | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Granger's bed 1; Roehler's beds 571-580 (near base of Washakie A) |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | FMNH |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Pristichampsus vorax referred | ||
| Database number: | 144196 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-05-02 01:39:03 | Last modified: | 2013-05-01 10:39:03 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-05-02 01:39:03 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 46624. | W. Langston. 1975. Ziphodont crocodiles: Pristichampsus vorax (Troxell), new combination. Fieldiana: Geology 33(16):291-314 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/M. Carrano] |