Murray Canyon (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as SDSNH 3691, 3692, 3701, 3731, 3852

Where: San Diego County, California (32.8° N, 117.2° W: paleocoordinates 33.0° N, 104.0° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: lower Member (Stadium Formation), Early/Lower Uintan (46.2 - 39.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; conglomerate

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 16762: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 12.04.1997, edited by Mark Uhen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• locality names: 3691 Murray Canyon 1 3692 Murray Canyon 2 3701 Waring Road 3731 Fenton Quarry 3852 Stonecrest Square Site 12
no further information is given on these localities or their individual faunas
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Mammalia
 Chiroptera -
Chiroptera indet.
Chiroptera indet. Blumenbach 1779 bat
a bat
 Artiodactyla - Protoceratidae
Leptoreodon major
Leptoreodon major Golz 1976 protoceratid
 Artiodactyla - Oromerycidae
cf. Protylopus sp.
cf. Protylopus sp. Wortman 1898 even-toed ungulate
 Theriamorpha - Geolabididae
Centetodon sp., Batodonoides powayensis
Centetodon sp. Marsh 1872 placental
Batodonoides powayensis Novacek 1976 placental
 Theriamorpha - Sespedectidae
Crypholestes sp., Crypholestes vaughni
Crypholestes sp. Novacek 1980 placental
Crypholestes vaughni Novacek 1976 placental
 Rodentia - Sciuravidae
Sciuravus powayensis, Pauromys lillegraveni n. sp.3
Sciuravus powayensis Wilson 1940 rodent
Pauromys lillegraveni n. sp.3 Walsh 1997 rodent
SDSN 3691, also SDSNH 3701, 3731; "P. cf. perditus"
 Rodentia - Cylindrodontidae
Pareumys sp.
Pareumys sp. Peterson 1919 rodent
 Rodentia - Eomyidae
Metanoiamys agorus3
Metanoiamys agorus3 Chiment and Korth 1996 rodent
 Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Microparamys cf. minutus, Eohaplomys sp.
Microparamys cf. minutus Wilson 1937 rodent
Eohaplomys sp. Stock 1935 rodent
said to be new
 Primates - Omomyidae
Ourayia sp.
Ourayia sp. Gazin 1958 tarsier
 Primates - Microsyopidae
Uintasorex sp.
Uintasorex sp. Matthew 1909 primate
 Theriamorpha - Peradectidae
Peradectes sp.
Peradectes sp. Matthew and Granger 1921 marsupial
 Theriamorpha - Herpetotheriidae
"Copedelphys cf. innominata" = Herpetotherium innominatum1
"Copedelphys cf. innominata" = Herpetotherium innominatum1 Simpson 1928 marsupial
Coccolithophyceae
 Prymnesiophycidae - Prymnesiophycidae
Discoaster distinctus2
1Alroy 2002; 2Kennedy and Moore 1971; 3Walsh 1997