Swami's Point (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as SDSNH 3542

Where: San Diego County, California (33.0° N, 117.3° W: paleocoordinates 34.5° N, 102.0° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: upper Member (Delmar Formation), Bridgerian (50.3 - 46.2 Ma)

• pollen assemblage from formation assigned to zone CP12b

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, green sandstone

• well-cemented green sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 16422: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002, edited by Patricia Holroyd and Jonathan Marcot

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Loricata -
Pristichampsus sp. Gervais 1853 crocodilian
Mammalia
 Cimolesta - Esthonychidae
Trogosus castoridens Leidy 1871 tillodont
 Perissodactyla - Hyrachyidae
Hyrachyus modestus Leidy 1870 odd-toed ungulate