Tapo Canyon (Lower): Uintan, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Sespedectidae
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Sespedectes singularis
Stock 1935
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Kelly 1990 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Protoceratidae
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Leptoreodon sp.
Wortman 1898
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= Leptoreodon stocki
Kelly 1990
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Kelly 1990 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cylindrodontidae
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Leptotomus sp.
Matthew 1910
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= Pareumys sp.
Peterson 1919
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Kelly 1990 | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Ventura |
| Coordinates: | 34.3° North, 119.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.5° North, 105.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2-3 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Uintan | ||
| Age range of interval: | 46.20000 - 39.70000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:mostly from CIT 154 appears to be at the large claystone lens above LACM 5856 and below LACM 5857 in Kelly et al. 1991 Kelly 1990 sites: LACM 5621, 5622, 5623 | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Brea Canyon West | ||
| Database number: | 16785 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2008-11-10 16:38:52 |
| 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:
| 28442 | G. Calvano, D. R. Prothero, J. Ludtke and E. B. Lander. 2008. Magnetic stratigraphy of the Eocene to Miocene Sespe and Vaqueros formations, Los Angeles and Orange counties, California. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Science Series 41:43-61 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 2059 | T. S. Kelly. 1990. Biostratigraphy of Uintan and Duchesnean land mammal assemblages from the Middle Member of the Sespe Formation, Simi Valley, California. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 419:1-42 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] |