Morena Boulevard (SDSNH 3554): Wasatchian, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae
cf. Hyopsodus sp. Leidy 1870
Mammalia - Primates - Microsyopidae
Uintasorex sp. Matthew 1909
Mammalia - Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
cf. Microparamys sp. Wood 1959
Mammalia - Phenacodontidae
Meniscotherium sp. Cope 1874
Williamson and Lucas 1992
    = Meniscotherium tapiacitum Cope 1882
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae
Neoplagiaulacidae indet. Ameghino 1890
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California County:San Diego
Coordinates: 32.8° North, 117.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.5° North, 99.9° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Ypresian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
*Period:Tertiary *Local age/stage:Wasatchian
Key time interval:Wasatchian
Age range of interval:54.90000 - 50.50000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: said to be Wasatchian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "siliciclastic"
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:15677
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:1993-02-18 00:00:00 Last modified:2019-04-11 09:52:37
Access level:the public Released:1993-02-18 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
3538. S. L. Walsh. 1991. Eocene mammal faunas of San Diego County. Pacific Section SEPM 68:161-178 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

6294 J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]
3540 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]
3647 T. E. Williamson and S. G. Lucas. 1992. Meniscotherium (Mammalia, "Condylarthra) from the Paleocene-Eocene of Western North America). New Mex Museum of Natural History Science Bulletin 1:1-75 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]