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

Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudinidae indet. Batsch 1788 turtle
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825 softshell turtle
 Testudines -
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
Brontotheriidae indet. Marsh 1873 brontothere
 Perissodactyla -
Rhinocerotoidea indet. Gray 1821 odd-toed ungulate
 Perissodactyla - Amynodontidae
Amynodon cf. advenus Marsh 1875 odd-toed ungulate