Also known as CIT 180, 217 Tapo Canyon
Where: Ventura County, California (34.3° N, 119.0° W: paleocoordinates 34.5° N, 105.8° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Sespe Formation, Uintan (46.2 - 39.7 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the CIT
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 16786: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993, edited by Patricia Holroyd and Jonathan Marcot
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
almost entirely from CIT 180, but some Kelly 1990 records may be from UCMP V-6103 or V-87155; CIT 217 of Golz and Lillegraven 1977, which yielded only "Artiodactyla indet."
NISP 1324+
record of ? Hyaenodontidae indet. is omitted by Kelly 1990
"cf. Sespedectes sp." is omitted by Kelly 1990
not clear what "cf. Hemiacodon sp." is
"Reithroparamyinae indet." is omitted by Kelly 1990
Reptilia | |
Lacertilia indet. lizard | |
Ophidia indet. snake | |
"Boavus affinis n. sp." = Boavus occidentalis1
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Boidae indet. Gray 1825 boa | |
Anguidae indet. Gray 1825 squamates | |
"Saniwa brooksi" = Saniwa ensidens Leidy 1870 squamates | |
Aves | |
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird | |
Reptilia | |
Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758 turtle | |
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825 softshell turtle | |
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle | |
Mammalia | |
"Simimys simplex" = Simimys simplex Wilson 1935 rodent includes type of "S. murinus" from CIT 180 of Wilson 1949a; see Lillegraven and Wilson 1977
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Eohaplomys tradux n. sp., "Ischyrotomus compressidens" = Paramys compressidens, "Leptotomus cf. leptodus" = Paramys leptodus, "Ischyrotomus tapensis n. sp." = Tapomys tapensis12, Leptotomus cf. caryophilus, Microparamys woodi4
"Ischyrotomus compressidens" = Paramys compressidens Peterson 1919 rodent
"Leptotomus cf. leptodus" = Paramys leptodus Cope 1873 rodent
Leptotomus cf. caryophilus Wilson 1940 rodent
Microparamys woodi4 Kelly and Whistler 1994 rodent "M. sp. D" of Wood 1962; probably "Paramys cf. minutus" ( of Wilson 1940a
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Craseops sylvestris n. gen. n. sp.9
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Walshina esmaraldensis n. gen. n. sp.5 López-Torres et al. 2018 tarsier described by Mason 1990; CIT 180
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Tapocyon robustus11, ? Miacis hookwayi n. sp.10, "cf. Plesiomiacis progressus" = Procynodictis progressus
"cf. Plesiomiacis progressus" = Procynodictis progressus Stock 1935 placental | |
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"Hyopsodus egressus n. sp." = Tapochoerus egressus9
"Hyopsodus egressus n. sp." = Tapochoerus egressus9 Stock 1934 even-toed ungulate from CIT 180: see Stock 1934b; (Stock), @24 (Golz)
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Leptoreodon (Hesperomeryx) edwardsi n. sp. Stock 1936 protoceratid from CIT 180: see Stock 1936b; ("no less than": Stock), @1120 (Golz)
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Apatemys downsi n. sp.
Apatemys downsi n. sp. Gazin 1958 eutherian from CIT 180; see Gazin 1958a ( Kelly 1990 lists A. bellus
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"Peratherium knighti" = Herpetotherium knighti
"Peratherium knighti" = Herpetotherium knighti McGrew et al. 1959 marsupial probably "P. sp." of Stock 1936a from CIT 180
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Amphibia | |
Anura indet. frog |