Borealosuchus stembergii fossils.JPG
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Borealosuchus stembergii fossils: scute, vertebrae, jaw/skull piece and teeth in display
SITE LOCATION: Hell Creek formation, Montana, USA
TIME PERIOD: Upper Cretaceous (66-100.5 Million Years ago)
Data: Borealosuchus (meaning "boreal crocodile") is an extinct genus of crocodylians that lived from the Late Cretaceous to the Eocene in North America. It was named by Chris Brochu in 1997 for several species that had been assigned to Leidyosuchus. The species assigned to it are: B. sternbergii, the type species, from the Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous) of Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming; B. acutidentatus, from the Paleocene of Saskatchewan; B. formidabilis, from the Paleocene of North Dakota; B. griffithi, from the Paleocene of Alberta; and B. wilsoni, from the Eocene of Wyoming. Borealosuchus was a mid-sized crocodylian; B. acutidentatus reached up to 2.8 metres (9.2 ft) in length with a 36 centimetres (14 in) skull.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Crocodilia
Genus: †Borealosuchus
Species: †stembergii
Photo Information
- Taken with Canon Canon PowerShot SX120 IS
- Focal Length 8.2 mm
- Exposure Time 1/5
- f Aperture f/3.2
- ISO Speed 200
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