Aviara (SDSNH 3486): Uintan, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
|
Mammalia
- Dinocerata
- Uintatheriidae
|
|||||||
|
Uintatherium sp.
Leidy 1872
|
|||||||
|
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Brontotheriidae
|
|||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | San Diego |
| Coordinates: | 33.1° North, 117.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | |||||
| 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: | 46.2 - 39.7 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | fluvial-deltaic indet. |
| Geology comments: fluvial? to shallow marine | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 16509 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1997-04-12 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1997-04-12 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 3540. | S. L. Walsh. 1996. Middle Eocene mammal faunas of San Diego County, California. In D. R. Prothero, R. J. Emry (eds.), The Terrestrial Eocene-Oligocene Transition in North America 74-119 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Mannion] |