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
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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825 softshell turtle | |
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle | |
Boidae indet. Gray 1825 boa | |
Sebecidae indet. Savage 1951 crocodilian | |
Mammalia | |
? Rhinocerotoidea indet. Gray 1821 odd-toed ungulate |