Brea Canyon (Upper Bed SS7): Uintan, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Microparamys cf. tricus (Wilson 1940)
Mammalia - Rodentia
Griphomys alecer Wilson 1940
Mammalia - Geolabididae
Centetodon cf. aztecus Lillegraven et al. 1981
Mammalia
Miacis sp. Cope 1872
1 specimen
see common names

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
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Lutetian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
*Period:Tertiary
Key time interval:Uintan
Age range of interval:46.20000 - 40.40000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Sespe Member:Middle
Local section:SimiV Local bed:18
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: SS7 horizon
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:LACM
Taxonomic list comments:from "clay lens high in SS7 horizon"
Metadata
Also known as:LACM 5866
Database number:16798
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:1994-04-30 00:00:00 Last modified:2008-11-10 16:50:30
Access level:the public Released:1994-04-30 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

2074. T. S. Kelly and D. P. Whistler. 1994. Additional Uintan and Duchesnean (Middle and Late Eocene) mammals from the Sespe Formation, Simi Valley, California. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 439:1-29 [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]