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Torrejon, San Juan County, New Mexico, USA

FormationTorrejon
Age:63.3 - 61.7 Ma
Paleocene
IntervalTorrejonian
Number of Collections2
Number of Occurrences2

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
East Fork Torrejon ArroyoSan Juan County, New Mexico, USATorrejon

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Machaerosaurus torrejonensis
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Anguidae : Machaerosaurus : Machaerosaurus torrejonensis63.3 - 61.7 Ma
Paleocene
Helagras prisciformis
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Helagras : Helagras prisciformis63.3 - 61.7 Ma
Paleocene

References

Gilmore C. W. (1928) Fossil lizards of North America, Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences 22 3, 1-201
Gilmore C. W. (1938) Fossil snakes of North America, Geological Society of America Special Paper 9, 1-96
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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