MCZ Vertebrate Paleontology VPF-5168

Lepidosteus atrox Leidy

Date Collected:

1880-01-01/1881-12-31

North America: United States: Wyoming: Lincoln | [Masked]

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:VP:VPF-5168 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Vertebrate Paleontology VPF-5168 Description: Photograph of the skeleton with dermal elements of MCZ VPF-5168. Specimen is mounted in a wooden frame.;

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:VP:VPF-5168 Lepidosteus atrox Voucher Description:...

Current Identification
Lepidosteus atrox Leidy
Animalia Chordata Craniata Gnathostomata Actinopterygii Neopterygii Lepisosteiformes Lepisosteidae
Determiner: Charles Rochester Eastman in 1900
Nature of ID: expert ID

Eastman 1900, page 57, Voucher of Lepidosteus atrox Leidy Previously noted as a plesiotype
Schevill 1932, page 79, Voucher of Lepidosteus atrox Leidy
Media type: text; Eastman 1900 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. XXXVI no. 3;

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Shows Publication: Eastman 1900 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. XXXVI no. 3

Media type: text; Eastman 1900 Description: New fossil bird and fish remains from the Middle Eocene of Wyoming;

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Shows Publication: Eastman 1900 Description: New fossil bird and fish remains from the Middle Eocene of Wyoming

Media type: text; Schevill 1932 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. LXXIV no. 4;

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Shows Publication: Schevill 1932 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. LXXIV no. 4

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Part Condition Disposition Count
skeleton (fossil) good in collection 1 History (5)
Remarks: with scales and other dermal elements preserved

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  • on exhibition

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Wyoming
  • County:
  • Lincoln
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/2002376 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • [Masked]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • [Masked]
  • Verbatim Coordinates:
  • [Masked]
  • Period/System:
  • Paleogene By: [No Agent]
  • Epoch/Series:
  • Eocene By: [No Agent]
  • Lithology:
  • shale By: [No Agent]
  • Habitat Description:
  • [Masked]
  • Microhabitat:
  • [Masked]
  • Georeference:
  • [Masked]
  • Verbatim Coordinates:
  • [Masked]
  • Collecting Source:
  • rock/outcrop
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1880-01-01 / 1881-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1880 - 81
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • [verbatim horizon attribute: "eocene - green r. shales"] The specimen was recieved in 1880-81, so the end date was set to the last day of 1881.
  • Collector:
  • D. C. Haddenham

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  • [Masked]

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