Leidyosuchus Lambe, 1907 sp.

Croc Scutes

External Surfaces

Attachment Surfaces

Remarks

• Collection of:   Lee Duchouquette
• Formation:      Montana Group, Hell Creek Formation
• Location:         Eastern Montana

General Info

Stratigraphic Occurrence

• Montana Group, Hell Creek Formation of Eastern Montana

• Montana Group, Lance Formation of Eastern Wyoming

Age

• Leidyosuchus Lambe sp. shown here is from the uppermost Maastrichtian Stage of the North American Cretaceous (~66–65 mya).

• A species of Leidyosuchus also occurs in the Belly River Group of Alberta (late Campanian age).

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

• Eastern MT (county ?)

• Converse County, WY

Remarks

         For identification and descriptions, see:

• Gilmore, W. C.  1910.  Leidyosuchus sternbergii, A New Species of Crocodile from the Ceratops Beds of Wyoming.  United States National Museum Proceedings 38 (1762), 485–510.

• Lambe, L. M.  1907.  On a New Crocodilian Genus and Species from the Judith River Formation of Alberta.  Royal Society of Canada Transactions 1 (3), 215–244.