Mission del Oro Site 3 (SDSNH 3573) (Eocene of the United States)

Where: San Diego County, California (33.2° N, 117.3° W: paleocoordinates 33.5° N, 104.1° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: C Member (Santiago Formation), Uintan (46.2 - 39.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

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

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 16602: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 12.04.1997

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Simimyidae
Simimys sp. Wilson 1935 rodent