Also known as CIT 202; LACM 5616, 5660
Where: Ventura County, California (34.3° N, 119.0° W: paleocoordinates 34.5° N, 105.8° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Sespe Formation, Uintan (46.2 - 40.4 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
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 16791: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993, edited by Patricia Holroyd
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Taxonomic list
"? Apatemyidae indet." is omitted by Kelly 1990
"cf. Simidectes sp." is omitted by Kelly 1990
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Testudinidae indet. Batsch 1788 turtle | |
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825 softshell turtle | |
"Saniwa brooksi" = Saniwa ensidens
"Saniwa brooksi" = Saniwa ensidens Leidy 1870 squamates | |
Anguidae indet. Gray 1825 squamates | |
Lacertilia indet. lizard | |
Boidae indet. Gray 1825 boa | |
"Boavus affinis" = Boavus occidentalis1
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Iguanidae indet. Oppel 1811 squamates | |
Mammalia | |
"Tapocyon occidentalis" = Tapocyon robustus2
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Amynodon sp. Marsh 1877 odd-toed ungulate described by Stock 1939a as "A. sp., possibly advenus" from CIT 202 and mysteriously omitted by Kelly 1990
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Protylopus cf. petersoni Wortman 1898 even-toed ungulate | |
Leptoreodon stocki n. sp.2
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Protoreodon pumilus Marsh 1875 agriochoerid | |
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Eohaplomys matutinus n. sp. Stock 1935 rodent from CIT 202, Stock 1935a; also at LACM 5616, Kelly and Whistler 1994
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Griphomys alecer4 Wilson 1940 rodent CIT 202, LACM 5616; "G. nr. alecer" of Wilson 1940b, from CIT 202
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Simimys simplex Wilson 1935 rodent Lillegraven and Wilson 1977; includes "Eumysops cf. vetus" specimen of Wilson 1935a
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"Nanodelphys californicus n. sp." = Peradectes californicus
"Nanodelphys californicus n. sp." = Peradectes californicus Stock 1936 marsupial from CIT 202: see Stock 1936a
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"Peratherium knighti" = Herpetotherium knighti
"Peratherium knighti" = Herpetotherium knighti McGrew et al. 1959 marsupial possibly includes "P. sp." of Stock 1936a from CIT 202
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