Where: Colorado (39.5° N, 108.0° W: paleocoordinates 42.2° N, 97.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Parachute Creek Member (Green River Formation), Uintan (46.2 - 39.7 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression, soft parts
Reposited in the USNM
Primary reference: J. L. Conrad, J. J. Head, and M. T. Carrano. 2014. Unusual soft-tissue preservation of a crocodile lizard (Squamata, Shinisauria) from the Green River Formation (Eocene) and shinisaur relationships. The Anatomical Record 297:545-559 [P. Barrett/T. Cleary]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 179593: authorized by Paul Barrett, entered by Terri Cleary on 21.06.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Shinisauria indet. Conrad 2008 squamates USNM PAL 540708, part and counterpart slabs with skin impression of dorsal surface of the head, neck, forelimbs, and anterior torso
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