College Boulevard Site 14 (SDSNH 3378) (Eocene of the United States)

Where: San Diego County, California (33.1° N, 117.3° W: paleocoordinates 33.4° N, 104.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: C Member (Santiago Formation), Uintan (46.2 - 39.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; siliciclastic sediments

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 16547: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 12.04.1997, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

• preliminary list of Walsh 1991
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Mammalia
 Rodentia - Cylindrodontidae
Pareumys sp.
Pareumys sp. Peterson 1919 rodent
see also Walsh 1991
 Primates - Omomyidae
Ourayia sp.
Ourayia sp. Gazin 1958 tarsier
probably "Macrotarsiini indet." of Walsh 1991
 Acreodi -
Simidectes cf. medius
Simidectes cf. medius Peterson 1919 mesonychian
 Artiodactyla - Agriochoeridae
Protoreodon walshi2
Protoreodon walshi2 Theodor 1999 agriochoerid
 Artiodactyla - Protoceratidae
Leptoreodon sp.
Leptoreodon sp. Wortman 1898 protoceratid
 Artiodactyla - Oromerycidae
Protylopus stocki
Protylopus stocki Golz 1976 even-toed ungulate
 Perissodactyla -
Hesperaletes borineyi n. sp.1
Hesperaletes borineyi n. sp.1 Colbert 2006 odd-toed ungulate
 Theriamorpha - Sespedectidae
cf. Proterixoides sp.
cf. Proterixoides sp. Stock 1935 placental
1Colbert 2006; 2Theodor 1999