Where: Natrona County, Wyoming (42.7° N, 106.4° W: paleocoordinates 10.4° N, 31.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Alcova Limestone Member (Crow Mountain Formation), Spathian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified, stromatolitic, carbonaceous limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: O. Rieppel. 1998. Corosaurus alcovensis Case and the phylogenetic interrelationships of Triassic stem-group Sauropterygia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 124:1-41 [S. Peters/D. Lovelace]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 85941: authorized by Shanan Peters, entered by David Lovelace on 20.01.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Corosaurus alcovensis Case 1936 diapsid |