Soiset's Surprise (UCMP V-71175): Early/Lower Uintan, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Rodentia - Eomyidae
Metanoiamys agorus Chiment and Korth 1996
Chiment and Korth 1996
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuravidae
Sciuravus powayensis Wilson 1940
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cylindrodontidae
Pareumys grangeri Burke 1935
Mammalia - Primates - Microsyopidae
Uintasorex montezumicus Lillegraven 1976
Mammalia - Sespedectidae
Crypholestes vaughni (Novacek 1976)
2 specimens
Novacek 1976
Sespedectes singularis Stock 1935
1 specimen
Novacek 1985
Mammalia - Geolabididae
Batodonoides powayensis Novacek 1976
1 specimen
Novacek 1976
Mammalia - Protoceratidae
Leptoreodon major Golz 1976
Mammalia
Peratherium knighti McGrew et al. 1959
    = Herpetotherium cf. knighti McGrew et al. 1959
Alroy 2002
Nanodelphys californicus (Stock 1936)
    = Peradectes californicus Stock 1936
Alroy 2002
Reptilia - Iguanidae
Iguanidae indet. Oppel 1811
"unidentified iguanid, Form B"
Parasauromalus olseni Gilmore 1928
Reptilia - Anguidae
Glyptosaurinae indet. Marsh 1872
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
Stratigraphy
Geological group:La Jolla Formation:Friars
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
Database number:16682
Authorizer:J. Alroy, P. Holroyd Enterer:J. Alroy, P. Holroyd
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2002-05-15 00:00:00 Last modified:2019-04-16 15:46:27
Access level:the public Released:2002-05-15 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:

6294 J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]
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]