Jack-in-the-Box (UCMP V-6893): Early/Lower Uintan, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Crocodylidae
Crocodylidae indet. Cuvier 1807
Reptilia - Iguanidae
Iguanidae indet. Oppel 1811
"unidentified iguanid, Form B"
Parasauromalus olseni Gilmore 1928
Mammalia - Diacodexeidae
Tapochoerus mcmillini Walsh 2000
Walsh 2000 1 specimen
Mammalia - Protoceratidae
Leptotragulinae indet.
invalid subgroup of Protoceratidae
Mammalia - Agriochoeridae
Protoreodon cf. parvus Scott and Osborn 1887
Mammalia - Oromerycidae
Protylopus cf. petersoni Wortman 1898
Mammalia - Sespedectidae
Sespedectes singularis Stock 1935
14 specimens
Novacek 1985
Mammalia - Rodentia - Simimyidae
Simimys simplex (Wilson 1935)
see also Walsh 1997
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cylindrodontidae
Pareumys grangeri Burke 1935
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Camaenidae
Camaenidae (informal [Camaenidae] stocki) indet. Pilsbry 1895
Roth 1988
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
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2-3
*Period:Tertiary
Key time interval:Early/Lower Uintan
Age range of interval:46.20000 - 39.70000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Mission Valley
Local section:SDieg Local bed:6
Local order:bottom to top
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Museum repositories:UCMP
Metadata
Also known as:UCR RV-7070
Database number:16695
Authorizer:J. Alroy, P. Holroyd Enterer:J. Alroy, P. Holroyd
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:vertebrate
Created:1993-02-18 00:00:00 Last modified:2008-01-27 15:55:20
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:

61265 B. Roth. 1988. Camaenid land snails (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) from the Eocene of southern California and their bearing on the history of the American Camaenidae. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 21(12):203-220 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]
3543 S. L. Walsh. 2000. Bunodont artiodactyls (Mammalia) from the Uintan (middle Eocene) of San Diego County, California. Proceedings of the San Diego Society of Natural History 37:1-27 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]