Laguna Riviera Quarry: Uintan, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Apatemyidae
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Apatemys uintensis
(Matthew 1921)
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Mammalia
- Acreodi
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Simidectes merriami
(Stock 1933)
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Coombs 1971 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Brontotheriidae
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Brontotheriidae indet.
(Marsh 1873)
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Amynodontidae
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Amynodon sp.
Marsh 1877
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called into question by Walsh 1996b | ||||||||||
Amynodontopsis bodei
Stock 1933
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Walsh 1996 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Oromerycidae
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Protylopus cf. petersoni
Wortman 1898
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see Golz 1976: NISP not clear | ||||||||||
Protylopus stocki n. sp.
Golz 1976
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see Golz 1976: NISP not clear | ||||||||||
? Protylopus robustus n. sp.
Golz 1976
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Golz 1976 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Mammalia
- Agriochoeridae
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Protoreodon annectens
(Scott 1899)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
= Protoreodon walshi
Theodor 1999
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Theodor 1999 | |||||||||
replaces ID of Walsh 1996b: "P. pumilus"; see also Golz 1976 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Protoceratidae
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Leptoreodon leptolophus n. sp.
Golz 1976
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Golz 1976 | 42 specimens | ||||||||
(5 measurements) | ||||||||||
Leptoreodon pusillus n. sp.
Golz 1976
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Golz 1976 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
(5 measurements) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Poebrodon californicus n. sp.
Golz 1976
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Golz 1976 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
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Miacis sp.
Cope 1872
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(9 measurements) | ||||||||||
= Miacidae indet.
Cope 1880
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
= Lycophocyon hutchisoni n. gen., n. sp.
Tomiya 2011
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Tomiya 2011 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Sespedectidae
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Sespedectes singularis
Stock 1935
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= Sespedectes sp.
Stock 1935
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Novacek 1985 | |||||||||
original i.d. repeated by Walsh 1996b | ||||||||||
Proterixoides sp.
Stock 1935
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= Proterixoides davisi
Stock 1935
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Walsh 1996 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Nyctitheriidae
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cf. Nyctitherium sp.
Marsh 1872
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Mytonolagus sp.
Burke 1934
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Ischyromyidae
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Leptotomus sp.
Matthew 1910
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Eohaplomys cf. tradux
Stock 1935
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Ischyrotomus sp.
(Matthew 1910)
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= Pseudotomus sp.
Cope 1872
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Walsh 1996 | |||||||||
Microparamys tricus
(Wilson 1940)
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Walsh 1991 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Simimyidae
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Simimys sp.
Wilson 1935
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= Simimys simplex
Wilson 1935
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Walsh 1996 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cylindrodontidae
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Pareumys sp.
Peterson 1919
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuravidae
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Sciuravidae indet.
Miller and Gidley 1918
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
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Griphomys sp.
Wilson 1940
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Omomyidae
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Dyseolemur pacificus
Stock 1934
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Reptilia
- Boidae
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Boidae indet.
Gray 1825
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Reptilia
- Lacertilia
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Lacertilia indet.
Owen 1842
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Reptilia
- Anguidae
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Anguidae indet.
Gray 1825
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Reptilia
- Crocodylidae
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Crocodylidae indet.
Cuvier 1807
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionychidae indet.
Gray 1825
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Testudinidae indet.
Batsch 1788
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Anura indet.
(Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | San Diego |
Coordinates: | 33.2° North, 117.3° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 33.4° North, 104.1° 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 |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Museum repositories: | LACM |
Metadata
Also known as: | LACM 68102, UCMP V-6839, RV-6830 | ||
Database number: | 16590 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, P. Holroyd | Enterer: | J. Alroy, P. Holroyd |
Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1994-04-30 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2019-04-11 10:45:45 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1994-04-30 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
1681. | D. J. Golz and J. A. Lillegraven. 1977. Summary of known occurrences of terrestrial vertebrates from Eocene strata of southern California. Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming 15(1):43-65 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] |
Secondary references:
6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
1680 | D. J. Golz. 1976. Eocene Artiodactyla of Southern California. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles Count, Science Bulletin 26:1-85 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] | |
2665 | M. J. Novacek. 1985. The Sespedectinae, a new subfamily of hedgehog-like insectivores. American Museum Novitates 2822:1-24 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/K. Beard] | |
3400 | J. M. Theodor. 1999. Protoreodon walshi, a new species of agriochoerid (Oreodonta, Artiodactyla, Mammalia) from the late Uintan of San Diego County, California. Journal of Paleontology 73(6):1179-1190 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
42169 | S. Tomiya. 2011. A new basal caniform (Mammalia: Carnivora) from the middle Eocene of North America and remarks on the phylogeny of early carnivorans. PLoS ONE 6(9):e24146 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
3537 | S. L. Walsh. 1991. Late Eocene mammals from the Sweetwater Formation, San Diego County, California. Pacific Section SEPM 68:149-160 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
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] |