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Mint Canyon , Los Angeles County, California, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 34.472,-118.5 |
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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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Mint Canyon (CIT 101) | Alroy J. (2002) | Mint Canyon - 24 | not reported | 23.03 - 5.333 Ma Miocene |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Camelidae family | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Camelidae | 23.03 - 5.333 Ma Miocene |
Hipparion forcei species | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : Hipparion : Hipparion forcei | 23.03 - 5.333 Ma Miocene |
References
Alroy J. (2002) Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals |
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!