Also known as UCMP V-71211
Where: San Diego County, California (32.9° N, 117.1° W: paleocoordinates 33.1° N, 103.9° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Upper Tongue Member (Friars Formation), Early/Lower Uintan (46.2 - 39.7 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the UCMP
Primary reference: D. J. Golz and J. A. Lillegraven. 1977. Summary of known occurrences of terrestrial vertebrates from Eocene strata of southern California. Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming 15(1):43-65 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 16702: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 30.04.1994, edited by Patricia Holroyd
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Herpetotherium cf. knighti McGrew et al. 1959 marsupial | |
Peradectes californicus Stock 1936 marsupial | |
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Sciuravus powayensis Wilson 1940 rodent | |
Microparamys cf. minutus Wilson 1937 rodent includes "M. agorus" jaw figured by Chiment and Korth 1996: Walsh 1997; it is not clear if other specimens represent this species
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Washakius woodringi Stock 1938 tarsier | |
Uintasorex montezumicus n. sp.
Uintasorex montezumicus n. sp. Lillegraven 1976 primate | |
Reptilia | |
Palaeoxantusia allisoni Schatzinger 1980 night lizard | |
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? Gekkonidae indet. Gray 1825 gecko | |
Glyptosaurinae indet. Marsh 1872 squamates | |
"Saniwa brooksi" = Saniwa ensidens
"Saniwa brooksi" = Saniwa ensidens Leidy 1870 squamates | |
Amphibia | |
Eopelobates sp. Parker 1929 spadefoot toad |