South Creek Site 4 (SDSNH 3504) (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as Poway, in part

Where: San Diego County, California (32.9° N, 117.1° W: paleocoordinates 33.2° N, 103.9° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Conglomerate Tongue Member (Friars Formation), Early/Lower Uintan (46.2 - 39.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. L. Walsh. 1991. Eocene mammal faunas of San Diego County. Pacific Section SEPM 68:161-178 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 16733: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 12.04.1997

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Taxonomic list

• originally misassigned to the lower Stadium Conglomerate; see Walsh 1996b
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Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Nyctitheriidae
"Scenopagus cf. priscus" = Nyctitherium priscum
"Scenopagus cf. priscus" = Nyctitherium priscum Marsh 1872 placental
 Theriamorpha - Geolabididae
Batodonoides powayensis
Batodonoides powayensis Novacek 1976 placental
 Theriamorpha - Sespedectidae
? Crypholestes sp.
? Crypholestes sp. Novacek 1980 placental
 Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Microparamys sp.
Microparamys sp. Wood 1959 rodent
 Rodentia - Eomyidae
Metanoiamys sp.
Metanoiamys sp. Chiment and Korth 1996 rodent
 Placentalia -
Primates indet.
Primates indet. Linnaeus 1758 primate
 Primates - Omomyidae
Omomys cf. carteri
Omomys cf. carteri Leidy 1869 tarsier
 Cimolesta - Apatemyidae
Apatemys cf. bellus
Apatemys cf. bellus Marsh 1872 eutherian
 Didelphimorphia - Didelphidae
Didelphidae indet.