Reptiles from the Eocene Tallahatta Formation of Alabama
- 23 September 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
- Vol. 8 (3) , 328-333
- https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.1988.10011716
Abstract
A small herpetofauna from the Point “A” Dam Site, early middle Eocene Age (Bridgerian, or the European Stage, Lutetian) of Covington County, Alabama, contains the remains of a trionychid turtle, an emydid turtle, a new genus and species of boid snake, a palaeopheid snake, a crocodilian, and an object that appears to represent the fossil remains of a charred pine knot used as a “stomach stone” by a crocodilian. The fauna appears to be one that could have lived in or near a tidal riverine habitat.Keywords
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