Murphy Canyon One (UCMP V-6888): Early/Lower Uintan, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Crocodylidae
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Crocodylidae indet.
Cuvier 1807
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Reptilia
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Tinosaurus cf. stenodon
Marsh 1872
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Mammalia
- Proteutheria
- Palaeoryctidae
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Palaeoryctidae indet.
Winge 1917
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11 specimens | |||||||||
Novacek 1976 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Brontotheriidae
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? Metarhinus pater
Stock 1937
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Mammalia
- Protoceratidae
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Leptoreodon major
Golz 1976
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Mammalia
- Geolabididae
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Centetodon aztecus
Lillegraven et al. 1981
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Lillegraven et al. 1981 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
[ according to Novacek 1976, who lists "C. sp." | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Ischyromyidae
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Microparamys cf. minutus
(Wilson 1937)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Eomyidae
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Metanoiamys agorus
Chiment and Korth 1996
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Chiment and Korth 1996 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Microsyopidae
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Uintasorex montezumicus
Lillegraven 1976
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | San Diego |
Coordinates: | 32.9° North, 117.1° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 33.1° North, 103.9° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
Stage: | Lutetian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
*Period: | Tertiary | ||
Key time interval: | Early/Lower Uintan | ||
Age range of interval: | 46.20000 - 40.40000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Museum repositories: | UCMP |
Metadata
Also known as: | SDSNH 3488; Unocal Cut Slope | ||
Database number: | 16674 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, P. Holroyd | Enterer: | J. Alroy, P. Holroyd |
Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2019-05-28 18:53:50 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
1681. | 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] |
Secondary references:
1195 | J. J. Chiment and W. W. Korth. 1996. A New Genus of Eomyid Rodent (Mammalia) from the Eocene (Uintan-Duchesnean) of Southern California. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 16(1):116-124 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] | |
2241 | J. A. Lillegraven, M. C. McKenna, and L. Kristalka. 1981. Evolutionary relationships of middle Eocene and younger species of Centetodon (Mammalia, Insectivora, Geolabididae) with a description of the dentition of Ankylodon (Adapisoricidae). University of Wyoming Publication 45:1-115 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] |