Carlsbad Palisades (Eocene of the United States)
Also known as LACM 3881
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: Santiago Formation, Uintan (46.2 - 39.7 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Reposited in the LACM
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
PaleoDB collection 16541: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 30.04.1994, edited by Patricia Holroyd
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Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
Rhinocerotoidea indet. Gray 1821 odd-toed ungulate | |
Amynodon cf. advenus Marsh 1875 odd-toed ungulate | |
Brontotheriidae indet. Marsh 1873 brontothere | |
Reptilia | |
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825 softshell turtle | |
Testudinidae indet. Batsch 1788 turtle | |
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle |