East Fork Torrejon Arroyo (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: San Juan County, New Mexico (36.5° N, 108.3° W: paleocoordinates 43.1° N, 88.3° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Torrejon Formation, Torrejonian (63.3 - 61.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by W. J. Sinclair in 1913

Primary reference: C. W. Gilmore. 1928. Fossil lizards of North America. Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences 22(3):1-201 [J. Head/J. Head/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 180191: authorized by Paul Barrett, entered by Terri Cleary on 11.07.2016

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Squamata - Anguidae
Machaerosaurus torrejonensis n. gen. n. sp. Gilmore 1928 squamates
AMNH 5184 (holotype), fragmentary skull and lower jaws, with a few teeth