North of Jordan: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Montana
collected by B. Brown
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
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Leidyosuchus sternbergii
Gilmore 1910
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recombined as Borealosuchus sternbergii | ||||||||||
AMNH 984, a mandible | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Montana | County: | Garfield |
Coordinates: | 47.3° North, 107.2° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 54.1° North, 80.4° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Maastrichtian | ||
Age range of interval: | 70.60000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Hell Creek | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: "near the top of the Hell Creek Beds, 350 feet above the Pierre" |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | AMNH |
Collectors: | B. Brown |
Metadata
Database number: | 99881 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2010-11-26 11:39:22 | Last modified: | 2022-02-01 07:41:31 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-11-26 11:39:22 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
13456. | ETE | C. W. Gilmore. 1910. Leidyosuchus sternbergii, a new species of crocodile from the Ceratops Beds of Wyoming. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 38(1762):485-502 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/J. Alroy] |