Where: Alachua County, Florida (29.7° N, 82.6° W: paleocoordinates 29.8° N, 75.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Lepidocyclina-Pseudophragmina zone, Crystal River Formation, Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• found in the wall of a quarry
Primary reference: J. H. Hutchison. 1985. Pterosphenus cf. P. schucherti Lucas (Squamata, Palaeophidae) from the Late Eocene of peninsular Florida. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 5(1):20-23 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 27641: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 16.12.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Pterosphenus schucherti Lucas 1898 snake |