Tinosaurus pristinus type locality: Bridgerian, Wyoming
collected by J. Van A. Carter
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Tinosaurus pristinus n. sp.
(Leidy 1872)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Philadelphia Acad. Sci. cat. no. 9134 (holotype), median portion of right dentary with eight teeth | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Uinta |
| Coordinates: | 41.3° North, 110.6° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 45.3° North, 96.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
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: | Bridger |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | J. Van A. Carter |
Metadata
| Database number: | 179965 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Barrett | Enterer: | T. Cleary | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-07-05 06:43:25 | Last modified: | 2016-07-05 06:43:25 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-07-05 06:43:25 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 14538. | C. W. Gilmore. 1928. Fossil lizards of North America. Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences 22(3):1-201 [J. Head/J. Head/M. Carrano] |