San Diego Mission (CIT 249): Early/Lower Uintan, California
collected by F. D. Bode, D. Schart

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Insectivora
Insectivora indet. Bowdich 1821
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
? Metarhinus pater n. sp. Stock 1937
Stock 1937 1 specimen
Mammalia - Perissodactyla
Rhinocerotoidea indet. Gray 1821
Dilophodon sp. Scott 1883
    = Tapiridae indet. Gray 1821
Colbert and Schoch 1998
unnamed genus of Colbert
    = Hesperaletes walshi Colbert 2006
Colbert 2006
Mammalia - Protoceratidae
Leptoreodon cf. marshi Wortman 1898
6 specimens
Golz 1976
Leptoreodon major Golz 1976
Mammalia - Agriochoeridae
Protoreodon cf. parvus Scott and Osborn 1887
1 specimen
Golz 1976
Mammalia - Oromerycidae
Merycobunodon littoralis n. sp. Golz 1976
2 specimens
see Golz 1976
Mammalia - Achaenodontidae
? Achaenodontinae indet. ()
original and current combination Achaenodontidae
Mammalia - Sespedectidae
Dormaaliidae indet. Quinet 1964
8 specimens
    = Patriolestes novaceki Walsh 1998
Walsh 1998
replaces ID of Walsh 1991
Crypholestes vaughni (Novacek 1976)
Walsh 1997
pers. commun. 17.12.97: "Sespedectes singularis"
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuravidae
Sciuravus powayensis Wilson 1940
Mammalia - Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Leptotomus caryophilus Wilson 1940
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cylindrodontidae
Pareumys grangeri Burke 1935
Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae
Stockia powayensis n. gen., n. sp. Gazin 1958
Gazin 1958
confirmed by Walsh 1991, Walsh 1997 pers. commun. 17.12.97
Mammalia - Primates - Microsyopidae
Microsyops kratos n. sp. Stock 1938
Stock 1938 1 specimen
Reptilia - Lacertilia
Lacertilia indet. Owen 1842
Reptilia - Iguanidae
Iguanidae indet. Oppel 1811
Parasauromalus sp. Gilmore 1928
Parasauromalus olseni Gilmore 1928
Reptilia - Anguidae
Anguidae indet. Gray 1825
Reptilia
Saniwa brooksi n. sp. Brattstrom 1955
Brattstrom 1955
synonym of Saniwa ensidens
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx (Amyda) sp. (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809)
original and current combination Amyda
Reptilia
Pristichampsus sp. Gervais 1853
nomen dubium belonging to Eusuchia
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Anura indet. (Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California County:San Diego
Coordinates: 32.9° North, 117.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.1° North, 103.9° West
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:Early/Lower Uintan
Age range of interval:46.20000 - 39.70000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:La Jolla Formation:Friars
Stratigraphy comments: undifferentiated
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: conglomerate
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:CIT
Collectors:F. D. Bode, D. Schart
Taxonomic list comments:stratigraphic position based on that of new San Diego Mission localities of Walsh 1996b
Metadata
Database number:16665
Authorizer:J. Alroy, P. Holroyd, J. Marcot Enterer:J. Alroy, J. Marcot, P. Holroyd
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:1993-02-18 00:00:00 Last modified:2019-05-28 18:52:29
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:

6294 J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]
696 B. H. Brattstrom. 1955. New snakes and lizards from the Eocene of California. Journal of Paleontology 29(1):145-149 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/J. Alroy]
54688 M. W. Colbert. 2006. Hesperaletes (Mammalia : Perissodactyla), a new tapiroid from the middle Eocene of southern California. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26(3):697-711 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]
6231 M. W. Colbert and R. M. Schoch. 1998. Tapiroidea and other moropomorphs. In C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs (eds.), Evolution of Tertiary mammals of North America 569-582 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
1613 C. L. Gazin. 1958. A review of the middle and upper Eocene primates of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 136(1):1-112 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]
3278 C. Stock. 1937. An Eocene Titanothere from San Diego County, California, with Remarks on the Age of the Poway Conglomerate. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 23(2):48-53 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]
3280 C. Stock. 1938. A Tarsiid Primate and a Mixodectid from the Poway Eocene, California. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 24(7):288-293 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]
3541 S. L. Walsh. 1997. New specimens of Metanoiamys, Pauromys, and Simimys (Rodentia: Myomorpha) from the Uintan (middle Eocene) of San Diego County, California, and comments on the relationships of selected Paleogene Myomorpha. Proceedings of the San Diego Society of Natural History 32:1-20 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]
3542 S. L. Walsh. 1998. Notes on the anterior dentition and skull of Proterixoides (Mammalia: Insectivora: Dormaaliidae), and a new dormaaliid genus from the early Uintan (Middle Eocene) of southern California. Proceedings of the San Diego Society of Natural History 34:1-26 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]