Aviara (SDSNH 3486) (Eocene of the United States)

Where: San Diego County, California (33.1° N, 117.3° W: paleocoordinates 33.3° N, 104.1° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: B Member (Santiago Formation), Uintan (46.2 - 39.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: fluvial-deltaic; sandstone

• fluvial? to shallow marine

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. L. Walsh. 1996. Middle Eocene mammal faunas of San Diego County, California. In D. R. Prothero, R. J. Emry (eds.), The Terrestrial Eocene-Oligocene Transition in North America 74-119 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 16509: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 12.04.1997

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
? Metarhinus pater
? Metarhinus pater Stock 1937 brontothere
 Dinocerata - Uintatheriidae
Uintatherium sp.
Uintatherium sp. Leidy 1872 uintathere