Also known as Rumsey
Where: Alberta, Canada (51.9° N, 112.9° W: paleocoordinates 59.0° N, 87.0° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Scollard Formation, Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)
• "less than 1 m above Nevis (#13) Coal Seam (earliest Paleocene)"
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; brown, carbonaceous siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: X.-C. Wu, D. B. Brinkman, and R. C. Fox. 2001. A new crocodylian (Archosauria) from the basal Paleocene of the Red Deer River Valley, southern Alberta. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 38(12):1689-1704 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 25654: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 19.09.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Borealosuchus griffithi n. sp.
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