Also known as Swinton's (1930) dyrosaurid locality
Where: Sokoto, Nigeria (13.3° N, 5.4° E: paleocoordinates 4.9° N, 0.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Dange Formation, Middle Paleocene to Middle Paleocene (61.7 - 55.8 Ma)
• Iullemmeden Basin
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by W> Swinton in 1930; reposited in the BMNH
Primary reference: S. Jouve. 2007. Taxonomic revision of the Dyrosaurid Assemblage (Crocodyliformes: Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Paleocene of the Iullemmeden Basin, West Africa. Journal of Paleontology 81(1):163-175 [M. O'Leary/M. O'Leary]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 114148: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 11.08.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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cf. Dyrosauridae indet. crocodilian NHM R 5616 - Occipital portion of a skull (holotype of "Dyrosaurus minor")
Rhabdognathus sp. Swinton 1930 crocodilian NHM R5608 - Fragment of mandibular symphysis (holotype of "Rhabdognathus rarus")
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