Phillips Ranch is a fossil collection site in Kern, California, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Bopesta Formation, dated to the Hemingfordian to Barstovian (18.5–12.5 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as terrestrial indet. Documented finds include Paracynarctus kelloggi, Felidae, Parapliohippus carrizoensis, Hypohippus, Moropus, Marshochoerus socialis.

Geologic setting

Formation: Bopesta
Geologic interval: Hemingfordian to Barstovian
Age: 18.5–12.5 Ma
Depositional environment: terrestrial indet.
Recorded occurrences: 12

Geology notes

interpreted as "waste slope and playa lake deposits" (Buwalda, 1916)

Locality notes

nine miles northeast of the town of Tehachapi, and one mile northeast of Phillips Ranch...on Sand Creek, a tributary of Cache Creek (Buwalda, 1916)

Fossils found here

Paracynarctus kelloggi

Mammalia · Canidae

Felidae

Mammalia · Felidae

Parapliohippus carrizoensis

Mammalia · Equidae

Hypohippus

Mammalia · Equidae

Moropus

Mammalia · Chalicotheriidae

Marshochoerus socialis

Mammalia · Tayassuidae

Miolabis

Mammalia · Camelidae

Stenomylus

Mammalia · Camelidae

Merychyus elegans

Mammalia · Merycoidodontidae

Merycodontinae

Mammalia · Antilocapridae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 19478 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Questions about Phillips Ranch

Can you collect at Phillips Ranch?

It depends on who owns the land and whether a mining claim covers it. BLM land usually allows hand collecting for personal use, national parks allow none, and private land needs the owner’s permission. Pro members see the owner and any claims at this spot.

What minerals are found at Phillips Ranch?

Fossil.

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Meteorite nearbyA 47.6 kg iron meteorite was found at Red Rock in 1976, 27 miles from here.

Source: Paleobiology Database.