Fletcher Hills (LACM 65190) (Eocene of the United States)

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: Mission Valley Formation, Early/Lower 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 16693: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993, edited by Patricia Holroyd

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines -
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle
Mammalia
 Acreodi -
Simidectes cf. medius Peterson 1919 mesonychian
 Artiodactyla - Agriochoeridae
Protoreodon sp. Scott and Osborn 1887 agriochoerid
 Theriamorpha - Sespedectidae
Sespedectes singularis Stock 1935 placental
Novacek 1985