Crumbling Slope: Early/Lower Uintan, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Tinosaurus cf. stenodon
Marsh 1872
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Reptilia
- Anguidae
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Pancelosaurus sp.
Meszoely 1970
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| synonym of Odaxosaurus | ||||||||||
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Glyptosaurinae indet.
Marsh 1872
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Reptilia
- Xantusiidae
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Palaeoxantusia kyrentos
Schatzinger 1980
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Mammalia
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Peratherium knighti
McGrew et al. 1959
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= Herpetotherium cf. knighti
McGrew et al. 1959
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Nanodelphys californicus
(Stock 1936)
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= Peradectes californicus
Stock 1936
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Sespedectidae
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Crypholestes vaughni
(Novacek 1976)
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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Patriolestes novaceki
Walsh 1998
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Walsh 1998 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| "new erinaceoid-like genus" of Novacek 1976 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Geolabididae
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Centetodon aztecus
Lillegraven et al. 1981
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Lillegraven et al. 1981 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| according to Novacek 1976, who lists "C. sp." | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Nyctitheriidae
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cf. Nyctitherium sp.
Marsh 1872
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
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Aethomylos simplicidens
Novacek 1976
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Eomyidae
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Metanoiamys agorus
Chiment and Korth 1996
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Chiment and Korth 1996 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuravidae
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Sciuravus powayensis
Wilson 1940
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Ischyromyidae
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Microparamys cf. minutus
(Wilson 1937)
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Microsyopidae
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Uintasorex montezumicus
Lillegraven 1976
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Omomyidae
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Omomys powayensis
(Gazin 1958)
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= Omomyidae indet.
Gazin 1958
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Lillegraven 1980 | |||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Pelobatidae
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cf. Eopelobates sp.
Parker 1929
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | San Diego |
| Coordinates: | 32.9° North, 117.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.1° North, 103.9° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2-3 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Uintan | ||
| Age range of interval: | 46.20000 - 39.70000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | La Jolla | Formation: | Friars | Member: | Upper Tongue |
| Local section: | SDieg | Local bed: | 3 | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | UCMP |
| Taxonomic list comments:assigned to the Mission Valley Fm. by Golz and Lillegraven, "Cypress Canyon Unit" by Walsh 1991, and upper Friars by Walsh 1996b | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | UCMP V-71180 | ||
| Database number: | 16697 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, P. Holroyd | Enterer: | J. Alroy, P. Holroyd |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1994-04-30 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2019-04-16 15:49:17 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1994-04-30 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 1681. | 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] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
| 1195 | J. J. Chiment and W. W. Korth. 1996. A New Genus of Eomyid Rodent (Mammalia) from the Eocene (Uintan-Duchesnean) of Southern California. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 16(1):116-124 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] | |
| 2233 | J. A. Lillegraven. 1980. Primates from Later Eocene Rocks of Southern California. Journal of Mammalogy 61(2) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] | |
| 2241 | J. A. Lillegraven, M. C. McKenna, and L. Kristalka. 1981. Evolutionary relationships of middle Eocene and younger species of Centetodon (Mammalia, Insectivora, Geolabididae) with a description of the dentition of Ankylodon (Adapisoricidae). University of Wyoming Publication 45:1-115 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
| 3542 | S. L. Walsh. 1998. Notes on the anterior dentition and skull of Proterixoides (Mammalia: Insectivora: Dormaaliidae), and a new dormaaliid genus from the early Uintan (Middle Eocene) of southern California. Proceedings of the San Diego Society of Natural History 34:1-26 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] |