1.9" Crocodile Fossil Vertebrae Lance Creek FM Wyoming Cretaceous Dinosaur Age
Location: Lance Creek Formation, Wyoming (Private Land Origin)
Weight: 2.1 Ounces
Dimensions: 1.9 Inches Long, 1.9 Inches Wide, 1.1 Inches Thick
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Cretaceous Age through to the Eocene Age
Name: Borealosuchus (Boreal crocodile).
Named By: Chris Brochu - 1997.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Crocodylomorpha, Crocodylia.
Diet: Carnivore/Piscivore.
Size: Up to 2.8 meters long, though there is some variance between species.
Time period: Campanian of the Cretaceous through to the Eocene.
Borealosuchus burst onto the paleontological scene as scientists overhauled the notoriously messy Leidysuchus classification, rescuing four misidentified species from taxonomic limbo and discovering two entirely new ones. This formidable mid-sized predator dominated its ecosystem, with the apex species B. acutidentatus stretching nearly three meters long and wielding a devastating 36-centimeter skull. While dinosaurs and pterosaurs vanished in the K-T catastrophe, Borealosuchus refused to disappear—a survivor that defied extinction alongside fellow crocodilians Dyrosaurus and Brachychampsa. Their remarkable resilience hints at a physiological toughness and ecological flexibility that allowed these ancient reptiles to endure when the world's dominant creatures fell.
