Brea Canyon (Upper Bed SS7) (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as LACM 5866

Where: Ventura County, California (34.3° N, 119.0° W: paleocoordinates 34.5° N, 105.8° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Member (Sespe Formation), Uintan (46.2 - 39.7 Ma)

• SS7 horizon

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Reposited in the LACM

Primary reference: T. S. Kelly and D. P. Whistler. 1994. Additional Uintan and Duchesnean (Middle and Late Eocene) mammals from the Sespe Formation, Simi Valley, California. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 439:1-29 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 16798: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 30.04.1994

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Taxonomic list

• from "clay lens high in SS7 horizon"
Mammalia
 Theriamorpha -
Miacis sp. Cope 1872 placental
 Theriamorpha - Geolabididae
Centetodon cf. aztecus Lillegraven et al. 1981 placental
 Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Microparamys cf. tricus Wilson 1940 rodent
 Rodentia -
Griphomys alecer Wilson 1940 rodent