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Rancho del Oro Village II Site 5 , San Diego County, California, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 33.22,-117.285 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on political unit |
Given Location | California, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | San Diego County, California, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Rancho del Oro Village II Site 5 (SDSNH 3465) | Walsh S. L. (1991) | Santiago - B | reversed polarity: Prothero 2001 | "siliciclastic" | 46.2 - 37.2 Ma Eocene |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Crypholestes sp. genus | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Erinaceomorpha : Amphilemuridae : Crypholestes | 46.2 - 37.2 Ma Eocene |
Metanoiamys agorus species | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Eomyidae : Metanoiamys : Metanoiamys agorus | 46.2 - 37.2 Ma Eocene |
Sciuravus powayensis species | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Sciuravidae : Sciuravus : Sciuravus powayensis | 46.2 - 37.2 Ma Eocene |
References
Walsh S. L. (1991) Eocene mammal faunas of San Diego County, Pacific Section SEPM 68, 161-178 |
Alroy J. (2002) Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!