Ceratosuchus burdoshi type locality (Paleocene of the United States)

Also known as Mesa; Plateau Valley

Where: Mesa County, Colorado (39.2° N, 108.1° W: paleocoordinates 44.5° N, 90.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: DeBeque Formation, Clarkforkian (56.8 - 55.8 Ma)

• "Plateau Valley beds (upper Paleocene)" (meaning DeBeque Formation, Clarkforkian)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by T. Burdosh in 1937; reposited in the FMNH

Primary reference: K. P. Schmidt. 1938. New crocodilians from the upper Paleocene of western Colorado. Geological Series of Field Museum of Natural History 6(21):315-321 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 99856: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 25.11.2010

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Taxonomic list

• possibly the same as another 1937 DeBeque Formation site
Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Alligatoridae
Ceratosuchus burdoshi n. gen. n. sp.
Ceratosuchus burdoshi n. gen. n. sp. Schmidt 1938 crocodilian