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Painted Gorge, Imperial County, California, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 32.8256,-115.966 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | estimated from map |
Given Location | California, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Imperial County, California, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Painted Gorge | Mitchell E. D. (1961) | Deguynos | originally stated to be from the Capote Member of the Imperial Formation age after Magallanes et al, 2018 | siltstone | 5.333 - 3.6 Ma Neogene |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Carcharodon arnoldi species | Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Lamniformes : Lamnidae : Carcharodon : Carcharodon arnoldi | 5.333 - 3.6 Ma Neogene |
Valenictus imperialensis species | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Odobenidae : Valenictus : Valenictus imperialensis | 5.333 - 3.6 Ma Neogene |
Ostrea sp. genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Ostreidae : Ostrea | 5.333 - 3.6 Ma Neogene |
Pecten sp. genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Pecten | 5.333 - 3.6 Ma Neogene |
References
Mitchell E. D. (1961) A new walrus from the imperial Pliocene of Southern California: with notes on odobenid and otariid humeri, Los Angeles County Museum Contributions in Science 44, 1-28 |
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!