West Friars Road Two (UCMP V-68101) (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

Reposited in the UCMP

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 16676: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993, edited by Patricia Holroyd

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Taxonomic list

• stratigraphy follows note for West Friars Road One
Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
Brontotheriidae indet. Marsh 1873 brontothere
 Artiodactyla - Oromerycidae
Merycobunodon littoralis Golz 1976 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Protoceratidae
Leptoreodon major Golz 1976 protoceratid
Leptoreodon cf. marshi Wortman 1898 protoceratid
 Artiodactyla - Agriochoeridae
Protoreodon cf. parvus Scott and Osborn 1887 agriochoerid
 Artiodactyla - Homacodontidae
Antiacodon venustus2 Marsh 1872 even-toed ungulate
 Rodentia - Eomyidae
Metanoiamys agorus1 Chiment and Korth 1996 rodent
 Rodentia - Sciuravidae
Sciuravus powayensis Wilson 1940 rodent
 Rodentia - Cylindrodontidae
Pareumys grangeri Burke 1935 rodent