Where: San Diego County, California (32.9° N, 117.1° W: paleocoordinates 33.1° N, 103.9° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Friars Formation (La Jolla Group), Early/Lower Uintan (46.2 - 40.4 Ma)
• undifferentiated
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; conglomerate
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by F. D. Bode, D. Schart; reposited in the CIT
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 16665: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993, edited by Patricia Holroyd and Jonathan Marcot
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Amphibia | |
Anura indet. frog | |
Mammalia | |
Leptotomus caryophilus Wilson 1940 rodent | |
Sciuravus powayensis Wilson 1940 rodent | |
Pareumys grangeri Burke 1935 rodent | |
Microsyops kratos n. sp.5
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Stockia powayensis n. gen. n. sp.3
Stockia powayensis n. gen. n. sp.3 Gazin 1958 tarsier confirmed by Walsh 1991, Walsh 1997 pers. commun. 17.12.97
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? Metarhinus pater n. sp.4
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Rhinocerotoidea indet. Gray 1821 odd-toed ungulate | |
"? Achaenodontinae indet." = Achaenodontidae
"? Achaenodontinae indet." = Achaenodontidae even-toed ungulate | |
Merycobunodon littoralis n. sp.
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Leptoreodon major Golz 1976 protoceratid | |
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Insectivora indet. Bowdich 1821 insectivoran | |
Reptilia | |
"Trionyx (Amyda) sp." = Amyda
"Trionyx (Amyda) sp." = Amyda Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 softshell turtle | |
Lacertilia indet. lizard | |
Iguanidae indet. Oppel 1811 squamates
Parasauromalus sp. Gilmore 1928 squamates
Parasauromalus olseni Gilmore 1928 squamates | |
"Saniwa brooksi n. sp." = Saniwa ensidens1
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Anguidae indet. Gray 1825 squamates | |
Pristichampsus sp. Gervais 1853 crocodilian |