Tapo Canyon (LACM 5857): Uintan, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Ischyromyidae
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Microparamys woodi n. sp.
Kelly and Whistler 1994
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Kelly and Whistler 1994 | |||||||||
"M. sp. D Wood" of Kelly et al. 1991 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
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Griphomys alecer
Wilson 1940
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Kelly and Whistler 1994 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Eomyidae
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Metanoiamys cf. marinus
Chiment and Korth 1996
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Chiment and Korth 1996 | |||||||||
"Namatomys" cf. fantasma of Kelly et al. 1991, Kelly 1992b; "likely" marinus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Geolabididae
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Centetodon cf. aztecus
Lillegraven et al. 1981
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Batodonoides powayensis
Novacek 1976
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Mammalia
- Protoceratidae
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Leptoreodon edwardsi
(Stock 1936)
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original and current combination Leptoreodon (Hesperomeryx) edwardsi | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Groeberida
- Nototheriidae
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Peradectes californicus
(Stock 1936)
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see common names |
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 |
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
Lithology and environment
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some genera |
Museum repositories: | LACM |
Taxonomic list comments:from "three claystone lenses below" CS 2 horizon LACM 5858 is at the same level, but no records are available appears to be at the same level as CIT 180 and 217 |
Metadata
Database number: | 16787 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1993-09-27 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2006-09-10 01:20:03 |
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] |
Secondary references:
1195 | J. J. Chiment and W. W. Korth. 1996. A New Genus of Eomyid Rodent (Mammalia) from the Eocene (Uintan-Duchesnean) of Southern California. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 16(1):116-124 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] | |
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] |