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Torrejonia wilsoni
Taxonomy
Torrejonia wilsoni was named by Gazin (1968). Its type specimen is USNM 25255, a mandible (left ramus of mandible including P3-M2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is East Flank Torreon Wash (Upper), which is in a Torrejonian terrestrial horizon in the Nacimiento Formation of New Mexico.
It was recombined as Plesiolestes wilsoni by Szalay (1973), Lucas and Froehlich (1989), Williamson and Lucas (1993) and Williamson (1996); it was synonymized subjectively with Palaechthon problematicus by Gingerich (1980), Rigby (1980) and Tsentas (1981).
It was recombined as Plesiolestes wilsoni by Szalay (1973), Lucas and Froehlich (1989), Williamson and Lucas (1993) and Williamson (1996); it was synonymized subjectively with Palaechthon problematicus by Gingerich (1980), Rigby (1980) and Tsentas (1981).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1968 | Torrejonia wilsoni Gazin p. 632 figs. 1-2 |
| 1969 | Torrejonia wilsoni Gazin p. 6 |
| 1973 | Plesiolestes wilsoni Szalay |
| 1989 | Torrejonia wilsoni Gunnell |
| 1989 | Plesiolestes wilsoni Lucas and Froehlich |
| 1993 | Plesiolestes wilsoni Williamson and Lucas |
| 1996 | Plesiolestes wilsoni Williamson |
| 2017 | Torrejonia wilsoni Chester et al. |
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†Torrejonia wilsoni Gazin 1968
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available