East Flank Torreon Wash (Upper) (Paleocene of the United States)

Also known as Upper Fossil Level, Torrejon; Sinclair and Granger Loc. 11

Where: Sandoval County, New Mexico (35.7° N, 107.0° W: paleocoordinates 42.1° N, 87.1° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Nacimiento Formation, Torrejonian (63.8 - 60.9 Ma)

• About 25 meters below the unconformable contact of the overlying San Jose Formation with the Nacimiento Formation

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•Flynn et al. 2020: Torrean Wash East corresponds to To2–To3

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; red claystone

• red clay shale

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the NMMNH

Primary reference: T. R. Lyson, W. G. Joyce, S. G. Lucas and R. M. Sullivan. 2016. A new baenid turtle from the early Paleocene (Torrejonian) of New Mexico and a species-level phylogenetic analysis of Baenidae. Journal of Paleontology [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 179481: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 17.06.2016, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Crocodylia -
Crocodylia indet.
Crocodylia indet. Owen 1842 crocodilian
Vertebral centrum of a crocodile
 Testudinata - Baenidae
Neurankylus torrejonensis n. sp.
Neurankylus torrejonensis n. sp. Lyson et al. 2016 turtle
NMMNH P-9049 - type (fragmentary skeleton, including skull, lower jaws, shell, and associated postcranial elements)
Mammalia
 Mammalia -
Mammalia indet.
Mammalia indet. mammal
Molar teeth of several genera of mammals
 Procreodi - Arctocyonidae
Arctocyon ferox
Arctocyon ferox Cope 1883 condylarth
"from East Fork of Torrejon Arroyo"