Thecachampsa sp., Crocodile scute
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Description:
One dorsal osteoscute associated with gavialoid?crocodilian (Thecachampsa sp.) remains.
- Site: SC; Dorchester Co.; Ashley River Spoil
- Site Number: NH40G
- Era: Cenozoic
- Period: Paleogene
- Epoch: Oligocene
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Reptilia
- Order: Crocodylia
- Family: Gavialidae
- Genus: Thecachampsa
- Formation: Ashley
- Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology Collection
- Object Name: Crocodiles
- Object Id: PV4750
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