Brea Canyon East: Uintan, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Rodentia
Griphomys alecer Wilson 1940
Kelly and Whistler 1994
LACM 5860
Mammalia - Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Eohaplomys matutinus Stock 1935
described by Stock 1935a
Microparamys woodi Kelly and Whistler 1994
Kelly and Whistler 1994
LACM 5860; "M. sp. D Wood" of Kelly et al. 1991
Mammalia - Agriochoeridae
Protoreodon pumilus (Marsh 1875)
Mammalia - Protoceratidae
Leptoreodon stocki Kelly 1990
Mammalia - Oromerycidae
? Protylopus robustus Golz 1976
Kelly et al. 1991 1 specimen
LACM 5860
Mammalia - Sespedectidae
Proterixoides davisi Stock 1935
Sespedectes singularis Stock 1935
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
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
Stratigraphy
Formation:Sespe Member:Bed CS4
Local section:SimiV Local bed:12
Local order:bottom to top
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:LACM
Taxonomic list comments:LACM 5660 included here by Kelly 1990 but placed in CS3 by Kelly et al. 1991
omitted by Kelly - CIT 127: Miacidae indet. Rhinocerotoidea indet. ? Oromerycidae indet. 151: cf. Microparamys sp. "Paramys" sp. - see Stock 1932b
Metadata
Also known as:CIT 127, 151, UCMP V-72064, LACM 5140, 5619, 5631, 5860
Database number:16793
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:1993-02-18 00:00:00 Last modified:2008-11-10 16:40:23
Access level:the public Released:1993-02-18 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

2059. T. S. Kelly. 1990. Biostratigraphy of Uintan and Duchesnean land mammal assemblages from the Middle Member of the Sespe Formation, Simi Valley, California. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 419:1-42 [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]
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]
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]