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Found Here
Geologic setting
- Formation
- Monterey
- Geologic interval
- Clarendonian
- Age
- 12.5–9.4 Ma
- Depositional environment
- marine indet.
- Recorded occurrences
- 2
Sulphur Creek canyon, about 700 feet above sea-level and 30 miles in a direct line from the ocean, SE corner of Section 17, Range 32, W. Township 11, north San Bernadino Base and meridian
Fossils found here
Records and references
Data: Paleobiology Database collection 47432 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record
Difficulty
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Location on Map
Coordinates: 35.95361, -120.40889
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