Lucky lizard locality: Ypresian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Corytophanidae
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Babibasiliscus alxi n. gen., n. sp.
Conrad 2015
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| UWBM 89090 (holotype), a nearly complete skull with lower jaws and parts of first two cervical vertebrae | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Uinta |
| Coordinates: | 41.3° North, 110.6° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 46.2° North, 94.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Ypresian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Ypresian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 56.00000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Bridger | Member: | Blacks Fork | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: "Blacks Fork Member of Bridger Formation (Bridger B), Green River Basin, late Early Eocene, approximately 48 Ma." |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | UWBM |
Metadata
| Also known as: | UWBM C1046 | ||
| Database number: | 185669 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Barrett | Enterer: | T. Cleary |
| Created: | 2017-05-08 08:12:08 | Last modified: | 2017-05-08 08:12:08 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-05-08 08:12:08 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 62257. | J. L. Conrad. 2015. A new Eocene casquehead lizard (Reptilia, Corytophanidae) from North America. PLoS ONE 10(7):e127900 [P. Barrett/T. Cleary] |