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Moore Creek, Santa Cruz County, California, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 36.9685,-122.059 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | estimated from map |
Given Location | California, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Santa Cruz County, California, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Moore Creek | Repenning C. A., Tedford R. H. (1977) | Santa Margarita | lower part of the Santa Margarita Formation; age after Scheirer and Magoon 2007 | sandstone | 11.62 - 7.246 Ma Miocene |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Smilodonichthys sp. genus | Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Salmoniformes : Smilodonichthys | 11.62 - 7.246 Ma Miocene |
Imagotaria downsi species | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Phocidae : Imagotaria : Imagotaria downsi | 11.62 - 7.246 Ma Miocene |
References
Repenning C. A., Tedford R. H. (1977) Otarioid seals of the Neogene, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 992, 1-93 |
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!