Also known as Leidyosuchus canadensis type locality
Where: Alberta, Canada (50.8° N, 111.6° W: paleocoordinates 58.1° N, 76.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Dinosaur Park Formation (Belly River Group), Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• originally assigned to the upper part of the Belly River Formation
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: quarrying
Primary reference: L. M. Lambe. 1907. On a new crocodilian genus and species from the Judith River Formation of Alberta. Proceedings and Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, series 3 1(4):219-235 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 117848: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 27.09.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Leidyosuchus canadensis n. gen. n. sp.
Leidyosuchus canadensis n. gen. n. sp. Lambe 1907 crocodilian NMC 338 - holotype (two fragments of left ramus of mandible) and NMC 1551 - cotype (posterior portion of skull lacking squamosal, quadratojugal, and elements of braincase)
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