Pernambuco: Danian, Brazil
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Dyrosauridae
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Dyrosauridae indet.
Stefano 1903
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Hastings and Bloch 2008 | |||||||||
Three partial mandibles; one includes surangular, articular, and angular; another includes teeth and associated maxillary fragments | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Hyposaurus derbianus n. sp.
Cope 1885
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MN - type (left malar and quadratojugals, nearly complete lower jaw, several vertebrae, humerus, coracoid and several dermal bones); isolated teeth too | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Brazil | State/province: | Pernambuco |
Coordinates: | 7.9° South, 34.9° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 11.7° South, 20.9° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
Stage: | Danian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 |
Key time interval: | Danian | ||
Age range of interval: | 66.00000 - 61.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Maria Farinha | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Originally thought to be latest Cretaceous (Cope 1886), but now considered Paleocene (see Hastings et al. 2010) |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
Also known as: | Hyposaurus derbianus type locality | ||
Database number: | 123332 | ||
Authorizer: | P. Mannion, M. Uhen | Enterer: | P. Mannion, A. Kourmadas |
Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2012-01-19 00:27:06 | Last modified: | 2012-01-18 07:39:56 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-01-19 00:27:06 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
30104. | E. D. Cope. 1885. A contribution to the vertebrate paleontology of Brazil. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 23(121):1-21 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
63958 | A. Hastings and J. Bloch. 2008. New Long-Snouted Dyrosaurid (Crocodylomorpha, Mesoeucrocodylia) From the Paleocene of Northeastern Colombia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(3):89a [M. Uhen/A. Kourmadas] | |
34888 | A. Hastings, J. Bloch, E. Cadena and C. Jaramillo. 2010. A New Small Short-Snouted Dyrosaurid (Crocodylomorpha, Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Paleocene of Northeastern Colombia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(1):139-162 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/P. Mannion] |