Sage Creek (south of the broad butte) (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as Sage Creek Spring

Where: Uinta County, Wyoming (41.2° N, 110.5° W: paleocoordinates 45.2° N, 96.8° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Black's Fork Member (Bridger Formation), Bridgerian (50.3 - 46.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by E. L. Troxell in 1922; reposited in the YPM

Primary reference: M. A. Norell and G. W. Storrs. 1989. Catalogue and Review of the Type Fossil Crocodilians in the Yale Peabody Museum. Postilla 203:1-28 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 167354: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 12.03.2015

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
"Crocodilus grinnelli" = Crocodylus affinis
"Crocodilus grinnelli" = Crocodylus affinis Marsh 1871 crocodile
Crocodilus grinnelli herpichanus - YPM 300 - type (very complete skull and skeleton)