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