Poway Pipeline Two: Early/Lower Uintan, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Pelobatidae
cf. Eopelobates sp. Parker 1929
Mammalia - Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Microparamys cf. minutus (Wilson 1937)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Eomyidae
Metanoiamys agorus Chiment and Korth 1996
Chiment and Korth 1996
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuravidae
Sciuravus powayensis Wilson 1940
Mammalia - Primates - Microsyopidae
Uintasorex montezumicus Lillegraven 1976
Microsyops cf. annectens (Marsh 1872)
Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae
Omomys powayensis (Gazin 1958)
    = Omomyidae indet. Gazin 1958
Lillegraven 1980
"O. carteri"
Washakius woodringi (Stock 1938)
Mammalia - Sespedectidae
Crypholestes vaughni (Novacek 1976)
68 specimens
Novacek 1976
Patriolestes novaceki Walsh 1998
Walsh 1998 4 specimens
"new erinaceoid-like genus" of Novacek 1976
Mammalia
Aethomylos simplicidens Novacek 1976
4 specimens
Novacek 1976
Mammalia - Geolabididae
Centetodon aztecus Lillegraven et al. 1981
Lillegraven et al. 1981 16 specimens
according to Novacek 1976, who lists "C. sp."
Batodonoides powayensis Novacek 1976
1 specimen
Novacek 1976
Mammalia - Nyctitheriidae
cf. Nyctitherium sp. Marsh 1872
1 specimen
Novacek 1976
Mammalia - Apternodontidae
Apternodontidae indet. Matthew 1910
Novacek 1976 1 specimen
said to be new a new, "micropternodontine-like" genus
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
? Metarhinus pater Stock 1937
Mammalia - Perissodactyla
Hesperaletes walshi Colbert 2006
Colbert 2006
Mammalia - Protoceratidae
Leptoreodon cf. marshi Wortman 1898
Mammalia - Apatemyidae
cf. Apatemys bellus Marsh 1872
2 specimens
Novacek 1976, as "A. sp."
Mammalia - Groeberida
Peratherium knighti McGrew et al. 1959
    = Herpetotherium cf. knighti McGrew et al. 1959
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Groeberida - Nototheriidae
Nanodelphys californicus (Stock 1936)
    = Peradectes californicus Stock 1936
Alroy 2002
Reptilia - Xantusiidae
Palaeoxantusia allisoni Schatzinger 1980
Paracontogenys estesi Schatzinger 1975
Reptilia - Rhineuridae
Rhineuridae indet. Vanzolini 1951
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
Saniwa brooksi Brattstrom 1955
synonym of Saniwa ensidens
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
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-72158
Database number:16706
Authorizer:J. Alroy, P. Holroyd, J. Marcot Enterer:J. Alroy, J. Marcot, 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]
54688 M. W. Colbert. 2006. Hesperaletes (Mammalia : Perissodactyla), a new tapiroid from the middle Eocene of southern California. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26(3):697-711 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]
2233 J. A. Lillegraven. 1980.  Primates from Later Eocene Rocks of Southern California. Journal of Mammalogy 61(2) [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]
2661 M. J. Novacek. 1976. Early Tertiary Vertebrate Faunas, Vieja Group, Trans-Pecos Texas: Insectivora. Pearce-Sellards Series 23 [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]