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Temblor Flora

US / CA
36.13972, -120.35917View on MapOpen in Google Maps
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Temblor Flora is a fossil collection site in Fresno, California, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Temblor Formation, dated to the Middle Miocene (15.98–11.63 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as deltaic indet. Documented finds include Lithocarpus, Quercus simulata, Quercus, Quercus pseudolyrata, Pinus, Persea pseudocarolinensis.

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Fossil

Geologic setting

Formation
Temblor
Geologic interval
Middle Miocene
Age
15.98–11.63 Ma
Depositional environment
deltaic indet.
Recorded occurrences
38
Locality notes

"occurs at a site 9 miles north of Coalinga, Fresno County, California, between Domengine Creek and Oil Canyon."

Fossils found here

Lithocarpus
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Fagaceae
Quercus simulata
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Fagaceae
Quercus
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Fagaceae
Quercus pseudolyrata
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Fagaceae
Pinus
Pinopsida · Pinaceae
Persea pseudocarolinensis
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Lauraceae
Nyssa
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Nyssaceae
Castanea
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Fagaceae
Phyllites
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Proteaceae
Keteleeria
Pinopsida · Pinaceae
Quercus merriami
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Fagaceae
Glyptostrobus
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Cupressaceae
Photinia
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Rosaceae
Magnolia
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Magnoliaceae
Mahonia
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Berberidaceae
Cornus ovalis
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Cornaceae
Strobilites
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Robinia californica
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Papilionaceae
Arbutus
Dicotyledoneae · Ericaceae
Bumelia florissanti
Dicotyledoneae · Sapotaceae
Diospyros amboyensis
Dicotyledoneae · Ebenaceae
Carya
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Juglandaceae
Cedrela
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Meliaceae
Diospyros
Dicotyledoneae · Ebenaceae
Platanus dissecta
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Platanaceae
Rhus
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Anacardiaceae
Crataegus
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Pomaceae
Platanus paucidentata
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Platanaceae
Smilax
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Smilacaceae
Zelkova
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Ulmaceae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 35412 (CC BY 4.0)view the source record

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Coordinates: 36.13972, -120.35917

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