Vincentown (Paleocene of the United States)

Also known as Crocodilus clavirostris type

Where: New Jersey (39.9° N, 74.7° W: paleocoordinates 40.0° N, 55.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Vincentown Formation, Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. A. Brochu. 2006. Osteology and phylogenetic significance of Eosuchus minor (Marsh, 1870) new combination, a longirostrine crocodylian from the late Paleocene of North America. Journal of Paleontology 80(1):162-186 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 123512: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 24.01.2012, edited by Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Dermochelyidae
"Lembonax insularis n. sp." = Eosphargis insularis
"Lembonax insularis n. sp." = Eosphargis insularis Cope 1872 leatherback
 Crocodylia - Gavialidae
"Crocodilus clavirostris n. sp." = Thoracosaurus neocesariensis
"Crocodilus clavirostris n. sp." = Thoracosaurus neocesariensis De Kay 1842 crocodilian
ANSP 10079 - type (partial skull)