South Creek Site 5 (SDSNH 3505) (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as Poway, in part

Where: San Diego County, California (32.9° N, 117.1° W: paleocoordinates 33.2° N, 103.9° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lower Tongue Member (Friars Formation), Early/Lower 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 16719: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 12.04.1997

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Mammalia
 Chiroptera -
Chiroptera indet. Blumenbach 1779 bat
also listed at UCMP V-84211 and 84213; no other taxa listed from this site DUPLICATE REF 3537 or 3538
 Insectivora -
Insectivora indet. Bowdich 1821 insectivoran
form "A" DUPLICATE REF 3537 or 3538
 Theriamorpha - Geolabididae
Centetodon aztecus Lillegraven et al. 1981 placental
Centetodon cf. bembicophagus Lillegraven et al. 1981 placental
Batodonoides powayensis Novacek 1976 placental
 Theriamorpha - Nyctitheriidae
cf. Nyctitherium sp., "Scenopagus cf. priscus" = Nyctitherium priscum
cf. Nyctitherium sp. Marsh 1872 placental
"Scenopagus cf. priscus" = Nyctitherium priscum Marsh 1872 placental
 Theriamorpha - Sespedectidae
Crypholestes vaughni Novacek 1976 placental
Patriolestes novaceki1 Walsh 1998 placental
 Theriamorpha -
Aethomylos simplicidens Novacek 1976 placental
 Rodentia - Sciuravidae
Sciuravus powayensis Wilson 1940 rodent
 Rodentia - Cylindrodontidae
Pareumys grangeri Burke 1935 rodent
 Rodentia - Eomyidae
Metanoiamys sp.1 Chiment and Korth 1996 rodent
 Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Microparamys sp. Wood 1959 rodent
 Primates - Omomyidae
Omomys cf. carteri Leidy 1869 tarsier
cf. Washakius sp. Leidy 1873 tarsier
 Primates - Microsyopidae
Uintasorex montezumicus Lillegraven 1976 primate
 Theriamorpha - Peradectidae
Peradectes sp. Matthew and Granger 1921 marsupial
 Theriamorpha - Herpetotheriidae
Herpetotherium cf. knighti1 McGrew et al. 1959 marsupial