Deinosuchus rugosus (Emmons, 1858)

Remarks

• Collector:     Gerardo Perez Reveles

• Formation:   Tornillo Group, Upper Aguja Formation

• Location:      Chihuahua, Mexico

General Info

Synonyms

• 1856 Pliogonodon priscus Leidy, 1856

• 1858 Polyptychodon rugosus Emmons, 1858

• 1954 Phobosuchus riograndensis Colbert & Bird

• 1979 Deinosuchus rugosus (Emmons); Baird & Horner

• 1986 Deinosuchus rugosus (Emmons); Gallagher, Parris & Spamer

• 1986 Deinosuchus rugosus (Emmons); Schwimmer

• 1996 Deinosuchus rugosus (Emmons); Schwimmer & Williams

• 2002 Deinosuchus rugosus (Emmons); Schwimmer

Stratigraphic Occurrence

• Tornillo Group, Aguja Formation of Trans-Pecos, Texas

• Black Creek Formation of North Carolina

• Matawan Group, Marshalltown Formation of New Jersey

• Blufftown Formation of Alabama and Georgia

Age

• Deinosuchus rugosus (Emmons) ranges throughout most of the Campanian (~80-72 mya).

Geographic Occurrence (by no means an all-inclusive list)

• Bladen County, North Carolina

• Brewster County, Texas

• Chihuahua, Mexico

• Greene County, Alabama

• Monmouth County, New Jersey

• Stewart County, Georgia

Remarks

         For identification and descriptions, see:

• Colbert, E. H.; Bird, R. T.  1954.  A Gigantic Crocodile from the Upper Cretaceous Beds of Texas.  American Museum Novitates 1688, 22 pp.; fig. 1 (restoration of skull with teeth), fig. 5 (teeth).

• Schwimmer, D. R.  2002.  King of the Crocodylians.  The Paleobiology of Deinosuchus.  Bloomington & Indianapolis:  Indiana University Press, 220 pp.