Laguna Riviera (RV-67113): Uintan, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
Brontotheriidae indet. (Marsh 1873)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Amynodontidae
Amynodontidae indet. Scott and Osborn 1883
Mammalia - Oromerycidae
Protylopus cf. petersoni Wortman 1898
Protylopus stocki Golz 1976
Mammalia - Agriochoeridae
Protoreodon pumilus (Marsh 1875)
Mammalia - Carnivora
? Carnivora indet. Bowdich 1821
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California County:San Diego
Coordinates: 33.2° North, 117.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.4° North, 104.1° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Lutetian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
*Period:Tertiary
Key time interval:Uintan
Age range of interval:46.20000 - 40.40000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Santiago
Local section:Sntgo Local bed:2
Local order:bottom to top
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:16591
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:1993-02-18 00:00:00 Last modified:2019-04-11 10:46:24
Access level:the public Released:1993-02-18 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

1681. 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]

Secondary references:

3540 S. L. Walsh. 1996. Middle Eocene mammal faunas of San Diego County, California. In D. R. Prothero, R. J. Emry (eds.), The Terrestrial Eocene-Oligocene Transition in North America 74-119 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Mannion]