Murray Canyon: Early/Lower Uintan, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Reticulofenestra umbilica
(Levin 1965)
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Kennedy and Moore 1971 | |||||||||
recombined as Reticulofenestra umbilicus | ||||||||||
Coccolithophyceae
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Discoaster distinctus
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Kennedy and Moore 1971 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Chiroptera
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Chiroptera indet.
Blumenbach 1779
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a bat | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Oromerycidae
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cf. Protylopus sp.
Wortman 1898
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Mammalia
- Protoceratidae
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Leptoreodon major
Golz 1976
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Mammalia
- Sespedectidae
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Crypholestes sp.
Novacek 1980
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Crypholestes vaughni
(Novacek 1976)
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Mammalia
- Geolabididae
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Batodonoides powayensis
Novacek 1976
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Centetodon sp.
Marsh 1872
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Ischyromyidae
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Eohaplomys sp.
Stock 1935
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said to be new | ||||||||||
Microparamys cf. minutus
(Wilson 1937)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Eomyidae
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Namatomys sp.
Black 1965
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= Metanoiamys agorus
Chiment and Korth 1996
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Walsh 1997 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuravidae
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Pauromys lillegraveni n. sp.
Walsh 1997
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Walsh 1997 | |||||||||
SDSN 3691, also SDSNH 3701, 3731; "P. cf. perditus" (7 measurements) | ||||||||||
Sciuravus powayensis
Wilson 1940
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cylindrodontidae
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Pareumys sp.
Peterson 1919
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Omomyidae
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Ourayia sp.
Gazin 1958
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Microsyopidae
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Uintasorex sp.
Matthew 1909
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Mammalia
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Peradectes sp.
Matthew and Granger 1921
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Peratherium cf. innominatum
Simpson 1928
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= Copedelphys cf. innominata
Simpson 1928
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
recombined as Herpetotherium innominatum | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | San Diego |
Coordinates: | 32.8° North, 117.2° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 33.0° North, 104.0° 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
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | conglomerate |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Taxonomic list comments:locality names: 3691 Murray Canyon 1 3692 Murray Canyon 2 3701 Waring Road 3731 Fenton Quarry 3852 Stonecrest Square Site 12 no further information is given on these localities or their individual faunas |
Metadata
Also known as: | SDSNH 3691, 3692, 3701, 3731, 3852 | ||
Database number: | 16762 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, M. Uhen | Enterer: | J. Alroy, M. Uhen |
Modifier: | J. Marcot | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1997-04-12 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2020-11-06 14:43:53 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1997-04-12 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
3540. | S. L. Walsh. 1996. Middle Eocene mammal faunas of San Diego County, California. In D. R. Prothero, R. J. Emry (eds.), The Terrestrial Eocene-Oligocene Transition in North America 74-119 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Mannion] |
Secondary references:
6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
3539 | M. P. Kennedy and G. W. Moore. 1971. Stratigraphic relations of Upper Cretaceous and Eocene Formations, San Diego coastal area, California. AAPG Bulletin 55(5):709-722 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
3541 | S. L. Walsh. 1997. New specimens of Metanoiamys, Pauromys, and Simimys (Rodentia: Myomorpha) from the Uintan (middle Eocene) of San Diego County, California, and comments on the relationships of selected Paleogene Myomorpha. Proceedings of the San Diego Society of Natural History 32:1-20 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] |