Torrejon Arroyo (Paleocene of the United States)

Also known as Leidyosuchus multidentatus type locality

Where: Sandoval County, New Mexico (36.0° N, 107.3° W: paleocoordinates 42.5° N, 87.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Torrejonian (63.3 - 61.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Walter Granger in 1912; reposited in the AMNH

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (float), surface (in situ),

Primary reference: C. C. Mook. 1930. A new species of crocodilian from the Torrejon beds. American Museum Novitates 447:1-11 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 118037: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 04.10.2011, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Procreodi - Arctocyonidae
Arctocyon ferox Cope 1883 condylarth
"Rio Torrejon"
Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Alligatoridae
"Leidyosuchus multidentatus n. sp." = Listrognathosuchus multidentatus
"Leidyosuchus multidentatus n. sp." = Listrognathosuchus multidentatus Mook 1930 crocodilian
AMNH 5179 - type (complete lower jaws, 12 vertebrae, left ilium, left tibia, several isolated teeth)