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Pre-mixed Cement Company Quarry, San Diego County, California, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 32.7833,-117.117 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on nearby landmark |
Given Location | California, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | San Diego County, California, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Pre-mixed Cement Company Quarry | Howard H. (1965) | Poway | "from the Poway Conglomerate about 10 ft. below the contact with the overlying silts" and matrix resembles that of the Poway Formation | not reported | 56 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Gruiformes order | Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Gruiformes | 56 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene |
References
Howard H. (1965) First record of avian fossils from the Eocene of California, Journal of Paleontology 39 3, 350-354 |
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!