Laguna Riviera (RV-67113) (Eocene of the United States)

Where: San Diego County, California (33.2° N, 117.3° W: paleocoordinates 33.4° N, 104.1° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Santiago Formation, Uintan (46.2 - 40.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

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

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 16591: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
Brontotheriidae indet. Marsh 1873 brontothere
 Perissodactyla - Amynodontidae
Amynodontidae indet. Scott and Osborn 1883 odd-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Oromerycidae
Protylopus cf. petersoni Wortman 1898 even-toed ungulate
Protylopus stocki Golz 1976 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Agriochoeridae
Protoreodon pumilus Marsh 1875 agriochoerid
 Placentalia -
? Carnivora indet. Bowdich 1821 carnivoran