San Diego Mission (CIT 249-P) (Eocene of the United States)

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; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

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 16667: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Miacidae
Miacidae indet. Cope 1880 carnivoran
 Artiodactyla - Protoceratidae
Leptoreodon major n. sp. Golz 1976 protoceratid
see Golz 1976
 Theriamorpha - Sespedectidae
Patriolestes novaceki2 Walsh 1998 placental
 Rodentia - Sciuravidae
Sciuravus powayensis Wilson 1940 rodent
 Primates - Omomyidae
Stockia powayensis1 Gazin 1958 tarsier
pers. commun. 17.12.97: "Omomys carteri"