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FMNH10201

Alligator Gar
Atractosteus spatula
Specimen Details

Verbatim Donor Data

Donor Family: None
Donor Genus: Lepisosteus
Donor Species: sp.
Donor Hybrid Species: None
Donor Subspecies: None
Donor Num Specimens: 0
Donor Preparation: None
Donor Collector: A.C. Weed
Donor Determiner: None
Donor Specimen Notes: None
Donor Collected Date: 2023.8.17
Donor Field Number: None
Donor Drainage: Nueces-Rio Grande
Donor Country: United States
Donor State: Texas
Donor County: Cameron
Donor Locality: "Brownsville, Resaca de la Guerra."
Donor Collecting Event Remarks: None
Donor Latitude: None
Donor Longitude: None
Donor Latitude DMS: None
Donor Longitude DMS: None
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Collector(s)

A.C. Weed
R.D. Camp
Robert Denham Camp

Collecting Event

Collected: Aug. 17, 1923
Collecting Event ID: 7285
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Collecting Event Field Notes

There are no field notes available yet.

Determination

Taxon: Atractosteus spatula
Determiner: Agent object
Staff Notes:
None
Specimen examined and identified.
high
Found map on internet (http://www.crwr.utexas.edu/reports/pdf/2004/rtp04-07.pdf). Looks to be synonymous with Resaca de las Palma which is the name the USGS Maps provide.
None
None
Suspect Notes: None
Number of Occurrence Records: No data

Locality

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Ecoregion: Ecoregion object
HUC Subbasin: South Laguna Madre
HUC Subwatershed Name: Bahia Grande-Brownsville Ship Channel
HUC 12 Code: 121102080900
Jurisdiction: Cameron, Texas
Description: Resaca de la Palma
Latitude/Longitude: 25.94168 N, -97.51378 W
Error: 11801.3 m

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