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Collection: Mount Frazier (SW section 36) Kern County, California, USA
| Age | 23.03 - 15.97 Ma (Miocene) |
|---|---|
| Interval | Early Miocene |
| Lat/Long | 34.815,-118.955 |
| Co-ordinates derived from | estimated from map |
| Location | Mount Frazier |
| Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Kern County, California, USA |
| Geographic Scale | small collection |
| Geographic Comments | SW1/4, section 36, T9N, R20W, at 5500 feet altitude |
| Stratigraphic Scale | group of beds |
| Lithology Description | Laminated brown-weathering nodular shale |
| Lithology | "shale" |
| Environment | lacustrine - large |
| Tectonic Setting | pull-apart basin |
Recorded Fossils
| Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Preservation | Age |
|---|---|---|---|
 Dasyhelea stenocerasspecies | Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Ceratopogonidae : Dasyhelea : Dasyhelea stenoceras | chitin body,replaced with calcite,replaced with silica,replaced with other | 23.03 - 15.97 Ma Miocene |
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!
