Laguna Riviera Quarry: Uintan, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Crocodylidae
Crocodylidae indet. Cuvier 1807
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudinidae indet. Batsch 1788
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825
Reptilia - Anguidae
Anguidae indet. Gray 1825
Reptilia - Lacertilia
Lacertilia indet. Owen 1842
Reptilia - Boidae
Boidae indet. Gray 1825
Mammalia - Apatemyidae
Apatemys uintensis (Matthew 1921)
Mammalia - Carnivora
Miacis sp. Cope 1872
(9 measurements)
    = Miacidae indet. Cope 1880
Alroy 2002
    = Lycophocyon hutchisoni n. gen., n. sp. Tomiya 2011
Tomiya 2011
Mammalia - Acreodi
Simidectes merriami (Stock 1933)
6 specimens
Coombs 1971
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Amynodontidae
Amynodon sp. Marsh 1877
called into question by Walsh 1996b
Amynodontopsis bodei Stock 1933
Walsh 1996
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
Brontotheriidae indet. (Marsh 1873)
Mammalia - Oromerycidae
Protylopus cf. petersoni Wortman 1898
see Golz 1976: NISP not clear
? Protylopus robustus n. sp. Golz 1976
Golz 1976 1 specimen
Protylopus stocki n. sp. Golz 1976
see Golz 1976: NISP not clear
Mammalia - Camelidae
Poebrodon californicus n. sp. Golz 1976
Golz 1976 1 specimen
Mammalia - Protoceratidae
Leptoreodon leptolophus n. sp. Golz 1976
Golz 1976 42 specimens
(5 measurements)
Leptoreodon pusillus n. sp. Golz 1976
Golz 1976 4 specimens
(5 measurements)
Mammalia - Agriochoeridae
Protoreodon annectens (Scott 1899)
3 specimens
    = Protoreodon walshi Theodor 1999
Theodor 1999
replaces ID of Walsh 1996b: "P. pumilus"; see also Golz 1976
Mammalia - Sespedectidae
Proterixoides sp. Stock 1935
    = Proterixoides davisi Stock 1935
Walsh 1996
Sespedectes singularis Stock 1935
    = Sespedectes sp. Stock 1935
Novacek 1985
original i.d. repeated by Walsh 1996b
Mammalia - Nyctitheriidae
cf. Nyctitherium sp. Marsh 1872
Mammalia - Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Ischyrotomus sp. (Matthew 1910)
    = Pseudotomus sp. Cope 1872
Walsh 1996
Leptotomus sp. Matthew 1910
Eohaplomys cf. tradux Stock 1935
Microparamys tricus (Wilson 1940)
Walsh 1991 4 specimens
Mammalia - Rodentia
Griphomys sp. Wilson 1940
Mammalia - Rodentia - Simimyidae
Simimys sp. Wilson 1935
    = Simimys simplex Wilson 1935
Walsh 1996
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuravidae
Sciuravidae indet. Miller and Gidley 1918
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cylindrodontidae
Pareumys sp. Peterson 1919
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Mytonolagus sp. Burke 1934
Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae
Dyseolemur pacificus Stock 1934
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Anura indet. (Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California County:San Diego
Coordinates: 33.2° North, 117.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.4° North, 104.1° 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:Santiago
Local section:Sntgo Local bed:2
Local order:bottom to top
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:LACM
Metadata
Also known as:LACM 68102, UCMP V-6839, RV-6830
Database number:16590
Authorizer:J. Alroy, P. Holroyd Enterer:J. Alroy, P. Holroyd
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:1994-04-30 00:00:00 Last modified:2019-04-11 10:45:45
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]
1680 D. J. Golz. 1976. Eocene Artiodactyla of Southern California. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles Count, Science Bulletin 26:1-85 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]
2665 M. J. Novacek. 1985. The Sespedectinae, a new subfamily of hedgehog-like insectivores. American Museum Novitates 2822:1-24 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/K. Beard]
3400 J. M. Theodor. 1999. Protoreodon walshi, a new species of agriochoerid (Oreodonta, Artiodactyla, Mammalia) from the late Uintan of San Diego County, California. Journal of Paleontology 73(6):1179-1190 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
42169 S. Tomiya. 2011. A new basal caniform (Mammalia: Carnivora) from the middle Eocene of North America and remarks on the phylogeny of early carnivorans. PLoS ONE 6(9):e24146 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
3537 S. L. Walsh. 1991. Late Eocene mammals from the Sweetwater Formation, San Diego County, California. Pacific Section SEPM 68:149-160 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]
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]