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Drakes Beach, Marin County, California, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 38.0278,-122.96 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | estimated from map |
Given Location | California, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Marin County, California, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Drakes Bay 2 | Barnes L. G. (1977) | Purisima - Drakes Bay | not reported | 7.246 - 5.333 Ma Miocene | |
Drakes Beach | Repenning C. A., Tedford R. H. (1977) | Drakes Bay | Hemphillian, 903+-0.5 my; Pyenson et al. (2013) refer to this as the Purisima Formation (=Drakes Bay Fm.) following Clark et al. (1984). Messinian age after Pyenson et al. (2013). | sandstone | 7.246 - 5.333 Ma Miocene |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Thalassoleon macnallyae species | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Otariidae : Thalassoleon : Thalassoleon macnallyae | 7.246 - 5.333 Ma Miocene |
Balaenoptera sp. genus | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Balaenopteridae : Balaenoptera | 7.246 - 5.333 Ma Miocene |
Balaenopteridae family | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Balaenopteridae | 7.246 - 5.333 Ma Miocene |
References
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!