Also known as YC-L
Where: Caldwell County, Louisiana (32.0° N, 91.0° W: paleocoordinates 32.7° N, 83.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Yazoo Clay Formation, Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: mesofossils
Primary reference: D. Parmley and G. R. Case. 1988. Palaeopheid snakes from the Gulf Coastal region of North America. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 8(3):334-339 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 27623: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.12.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Pterosphenus schucherti Lucas 1898 snake |