Brea Canyon (Upper Bed SS7): Uintan, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
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Miacis sp.
Cope 1872
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Geolabididae
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Centetodon cf. aztecus
Lillegraven et al. 1981
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
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Griphomys alecer
Wilson 1940
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Ischyromyidae
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Microparamys cf. tricus
(Wilson 1940)
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Ventura |
| Coordinates: | 34.3° North, 119.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 39.4° North, 98.3° West (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2-3 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Uintan | ||
| Age range of interval: | 46.2 - 39.7 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | LACM |
| Taxonomic list comments:from "clay lens high in SS7 horizon" | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | LACM 5866 | ||
| Database number: | 16798 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1994-04-30 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1994-04-30 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 2074. | T. S. Kelly and D. P. Whistler. 1994. Additional Uintan and Duchesnean (Middle and Late Eocene) mammals from the Sespe Formation, Simi Valley, California. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 439:1-29 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] |
Secondary references:
| 28442 | G. Calvano, D. R. Prothero, J. Ludtke and E. B. Lander. 2008. Magnetic stratigraphy of the Eocene to Miocene Sespe and Vaqueros formations, Los Angeles and Orange counties, California. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Science Series 41:43-61 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |