Tapo Canyon (LACM 5857): Uintan, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Microparamys woodi n. sp. Kelly and Whistler 1994
Kelly and Whistler 1994
"M. sp. D Wood" of Kelly et al. 1991
Mammalia - Rodentia
Griphomys alecer Wilson 1940
Kelly and Whistler 1994
Mammalia - Rodentia - Eomyidae
Metanoiamys cf. marinus Chiment and Korth 1996
Chiment and Korth 1996
"Namatomys" cf. fantasma of Kelly et al. 1991, Kelly 1992b; "likely" marinus
Mammalia - Geolabididae
Centetodon cf. aztecus Lillegraven et al. 1981
Batodonoides powayensis Novacek 1976
Mammalia - Protoceratidae
Leptoreodon edwardsi (Stock 1936)
original and current combination Leptoreodon (Hesperomeryx) edwardsi
Mammalia - Groeberida - Nototheriidae
Peradectes californicus (Stock 1936)
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
Formation:Sespe Member:Middle
Local section:SimiV Local bed:5
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
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]