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Temescal Canyon, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 34.0525,-118.528 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | estimated from map |
Given Location | California, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Los Angeles County, California, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Temescal Canyon | Jordan D. S., Gilbert J. Z. (1919) | not reported | 5.333 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Galeorhinus hannibali species | Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Carcharhiniformes : Triakidae : Galeorhinus : Galeorhinus hannibali | 5.333 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic |
Scymnorhinus occidentalis species | Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Squaliformes : Scymnorhinidae : Scymnorhinus : Scymnorhinus occidentalis | 5.333 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic |
References
Jordan D. S., Gilbert J. Z. (1919) Fossil fishes of the Pliocene formations of Southern California, Leland Stanford Junior University Publications, University Series, 61-64 |
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!