Poway Pipeline One: Early/Lower Uintan, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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
Mammalia - Leptictidae
Leptictidae indet. Gill 1872
Walsh 1998
said to be new; "new erinaceoid-like genus" of Novacek 1976, in part; presumably "Insectivora? B" of Walsh 1991
Mammalia - Rodentia - Eomyidae
Metanoiamys agorus n. sp. Chiment and Korth 1996
Chiment and Korth 1996
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cylindrodontidae
Pareumys grangeri Burke 1935
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuravidae
Sciuravus powayensis Wilson 1940
Mammalia - Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Microparamys cf. minutus (Wilson 1937)
also includes one referred specimen of M. agorus: Walsh 1997
Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae
Omomys powayensis (Gazin 1958)
    = Omomyidae indet. Gazin 1958
Lillegraven 1980
"O. carteri"; includes "Uintanius nr. ameghini" according to Lillegraven 1980
Washakius woodringi (Stock 1938)
Hemiacodon gracilis Marsh 1872
form "B," i.d. maintained by Lillegraven 1980
Mammalia - Primates - Microsyopidae
Uintasorex montezumicus Lillegraven 1976
Mammalia - Primates - Notharctidae
Hesperolemur actius Gunnell 1995
1 specimen
    = Cantius actius Gunnell 1995
Gunnell 1995
"Notharctus nr. robustior"; very likely includes "Smilodectes cf. mcgrewi" of Walsh 1991
Mammalia
Aethomylos simplicidens Novacek 1976
2 specimens
Novacek 1976
Mammalia - Sespedectidae
Patriolestes novaceki Walsh 1998
Walsh 1998 6 specimens
"new erinaceoid-like genus" of Novacek 1976, in part; presumably "Insectivora? A" of Walsh 1991
Crypholestes vaughni (Novacek 1976)
10 specimens
Novacek 1976
Mammalia - Geolabididae
Centetodon aztecus Lillegraven et al. 1981
5 specimens
confirmed by Lillegraven et al. 1981; according to Novacek 1976, who lists "C. sp."
Reptilia
Tinosaurus cf. stenodon Marsh 1872
Reptilia - Iguanidae
Iguanidae indet. Oppel 1811
"Unidentified iguanid, Form A" and "Unidentified iguanid, Form B"
Parasauromalus olseni Gilmore 1928
Reptilia - Gekkonidae
? Gekkonidae indet. Gray 1825
Reptilia - Anguidae
Pancelosaurus sp. Meszoely 1970
synonym of Odaxosaurus
Glyptosaurinae indet. Marsh 1872
Reptilia
Saniwa brooksi Brattstrom 1955
synonym of Saniwa ensidens
Reptilia - Xantusiidae
Palaeoxantusia allisoni Schatzinger 1980
Palaeoxantusia kyrentos Schatzinger 1980
Paracontogenys estesi Schatzinger 1975
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:Friars Member:Upper Tongue
Local section:SDieg Local bed:3
Local order:bottom to top
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Museum repositories:UCMP
Taxonomic list comments:assigned to the Mission Valley Fm. by Golz and Lillegraven, "Cypress Canyon Unit" by Walsh 1991, and upper Friars by Walsh 1996b
Metadata
Also known as:UCMP V-72157
Database number:16705
Authorizer:J. Alroy, P. Holroyd Enterer:J. Alroy, P. Holroyd
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:vertebrate
Created:1994-04-30 00:00:00 Last modified:2008-01-27 15:55:20
Access level:the public Released:1994-04-30 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]
1733 G. F. Gunnell. 1995. New notharctine (primates, adapiformes) skull from the Uintan (middle Eocene) of San Diego County, California. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 98:447-470 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]
2233 J. A. Lillegraven. 1980.  Primates from Later Eocene Rocks of Southern California. Journal of Mammalogy 61(2) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]
3542 S. L. Walsh. 1998. Notes on the anterior dentition and skull of Proterixoides (Mammalia: Insectivora: Dormaaliidae), and a new dormaaliid genus from the early Uintan (Middle Eocene) of southern California. Proceedings of the San Diego Society of Natural History 34:1-26 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]