Where: Amazonas, Brazil (9.1° S, 68.7° W: paleocoordinates 9.4° S, 66.7° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Solimões Formation, Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
•"The section is dominated by fine sediments, mainly silts and clays, with gypsum and calcite veins in the lower part and manganese stains in the upper part, both probably digenetic. The deposits are characterized by massive bedding with no evident lamination. Two fossiliferous levels were found at 1.7 and 7 m above water level " (Hsiou and Albino, 2009:612).
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: R. G. Souza, D. Riff, J. P. Souza-Filho and A. W. A. Kellner. 2018. Revisiting Gryposuchus jessei Gürich, 1912 (Crocodylia: Gavialoidea): specimen description and comments on the genus. Zootaxa 4457(1):167-178 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 195449: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 09.08.2018
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