Black's Beach (LACM 6673) (Eocene of the United States)

Where: San Diego County, California (32.9° N, 117.3° W: paleocoordinates 33.6° N, 103.2° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Scripps Formation (La Jolla Group), Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; conglomeratic sandstone

• conglomeratic sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

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

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 16664: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002, edited by Patricia Holroyd

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla -
? Rhinocerotoidea indet. Gray 1821 odd-toed ungulate
Reptilia
 Testudines -
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825 softshell turtle
 Squamata - Boidae
Boidae indet. Gray 1825 boa
 Loricata - Sebecidae
Sebecidae indet. Savage 1951 crocodilian