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Bean Creek 2, Santa Cruz County, California, USA

Lat/Long (Decimal)	37.0536,-122.035
Co-ordinates Derivation	unpublished field data
Given Location	California, United States
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)	Santa Cruz County, California, USA

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Collection	Reference	Stratigraphic Name	Comments	Lithology	Age
Bean Creek 2	Barnes L. G. (1978)	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
Carcharhinus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Carcharhiniformes : Carcharhinidae : *Carcharhinus*	11.62 - 7.246 Ma Miocene
Galeocerdo sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Carcharhiniformes : Carcharhinidae : *Galeocerdo*	11.62 - 7.246 Ma Miocene
Odontaspis sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Lamniformes : Odontaspididae : *Odontaspis*	11.62 - 7.246 Ma Miocene
Otodus megalodon species	Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Lamniformes : Otodontidae : Otodus : *Otodus megalodon*	11.62 - 7.246 Ma Miocene
Cosmopolitodus hastalis species	Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Odontaspidida : Carcharodontidae : Cosmopolitodus : *Cosmopolitodus hastalis*	11.62 - 7.246 Ma Miocene
Oxyrhina plana		11.62 - 7.246 Ma Miocene
Camelidae family	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Camelidae	11.62 - 7.246 Ma Miocene
Allodesmus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Phocidae : *Allodesmus*	11.62 - 7.246 Ma Miocene
Otariidae family	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Otariidae	11.62 - 7.246 Ma Miocene
Pithanotaria starri species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Otariidae : Pithanotaria : *Pithanotaria starri*	11.62 - 7.246 Ma Miocene
Mysticeti suborder	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Burtinopsis : Mysticeti	11.62 - 7.246 Ma Miocene
Liolithax sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Kentriodontidae : *Liolithax*	11.62 - 7.246 Ma Miocene
Desmostylus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Desmostylidae : *Desmostylus*	11.62 - 7.246 Ma Miocene
Desmostylus hesperus species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Desmostylidae : Desmostylus : *Desmostylus hesperus*	11.62 - 7.246 Ma Miocene
Paleoparadoxia tabatai species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Paleoparadoxiidae : Paleoparadoxia : *Cornwallius tabatai*	11.62 - 7.246 Ma Miocene
Cormohipparion occidentale species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : Cormohipparion : *Cormohipparion occidentale*	11.62 - 7.246 Ma Miocene
Dusisiren jordani species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Sirenia : Dugongidae : Dusisiren : *Dusisiren jordani*	11.62 - 7.246 Ma Miocene

References

Shikama T. (1966) Postcranial skeletons of Japanese Desmostylia, Palaeontological Society of Japan Special Papers 12, 1-202

Repenning C. A., Tedford R. H. (1977) Otarioid seals of the Neogene, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 992, 1-93

Barnes L. G. (1978) A review of Lophocetus and Liolithax and their relationships to the delphinoid family Kentriodontidae (Cetacea: Odontoceti), Bulletin of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 28, 1-35

Domning D. P. (1978) Sirenian evolution in the North Pacific Ocean, University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 118, 1-176

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!

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