South Bitter Creek: Eocene, Wyoming
collected by Col. John H. Knight
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Crocodilus aptus n. sp.
Leidy 1869
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Crocodylus aptus | ||||||||||
| "cervical vertebra" | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Sweetwater |
| Coordinates: | 41.7° North, 109.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.8° North, 96.7° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2-3 | ||
| Key time interval: | Eocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 56.00000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | Col. John H. Knight |
Metadata
| Database number: | 198892 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Dunhill | Enterer: | B. Allen |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | ||
| Created: | 2019-01-17 04:29:11 | Last modified: | 2019-11-26 16:00:31 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-01-17 04:29:11 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 63670. | J. Leidy. 1869. Notice of some extinct vertebrates from Wyoming and Dakota. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 21:63-67 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 11982 | J. Leidy. 1873. Part I. Contributions to the extinct vertebrate fauna of the western territories. In F. V. Hayden (ed.), Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories 1:1-358 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Carrano] |