Lower Sespe Formation: Uintan, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Didelphimorphia
- Didelphidae
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Didelphidae indet.
Gray 1821
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| "Peratherium" sp.; no discussion | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Sespedectidae
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Sespedectes singularis
Stock 1935
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Simimyidae
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Simimys sp.
Wilson 1935
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Ventura |
| Coordinates: | 34.3° North, 119.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.5° North, 105.8° 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: | Uintan | ||
| Age range of interval: | 46.20000 - 39.70000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Museum repositories: | LACM |
| Taxonomic list comments:underlies Tapo Canyon L.F. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | LACM 5887, 5888 | ||
| Database number: | 16783 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1993-09-27 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-03 03:27:41 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-09-27 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 2072. | T. S. Kelly, E. B. Lander, D. P. Whistler, M. A. Roder, and R. E. Reynolds. 1991. Preliminary Report on a Paleontologic Investigation of the Lower and Middle Members, Sespe Formation, Simi Valley Landfill, Ventura County, California. PaleoBios 13(50):1-13 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] |