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USGS M9066 = UCMP IP9840

Kern County, California
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Recorded here: fossil.

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About USGS M9066 = UCMP IP9840

USGS M9066 = UCMP IP9840 is a fossil collection site in Kern, California, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Goler Formation, dated to the Late Paleocene to Early Eocene (59.24–48.07 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as marine indet. Documented finds include Acutostrea idriaensis.

Geologic setting

Formation
Goler
Geologic interval
Late Paleocene to Early Eocene
Age
59.24–48.07 Ma
Depositional environment
marine indet.
Recorded occurrences
1
Geology notes

interpreted as warm temperate to tropical seas of normal marine salinities and at water depths between 15 and 52 meters

Fossils found here

Acutostrea idriaensis
Bivalvia · Ostreidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 199849 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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What minerals are found at USGS M9066 = UCMP IP9840?

Fossil.

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Meteorite nearbyA 47.6 kg iron meteorite was found at Red Rock in 1976, 8 miles from here.

Source: Paleobiology Database.