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UCMP A3822, Contra Costa County, California, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 37.862,-121.68 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on nearby landmark |
Given Location | California, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Contra Costa County, California, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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UCMP A3822, Bryon Quad | Durham J. W. (1943) | Domengine | A short distance above basal conglomerate. Putnick et al. (2001): the Domengine and Avenal Sandstones correlate with earliest middle Eocene Chron C21r (47.9-49.0 Ma). | sandstone | 47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Platytrochus diabloensis species | Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Turbinoliidae : Platytrochus : Platytrochus diabloensis | 47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene |
References
Durham J. W. (1943) Pacific Coast Cretaceous and Tertiary corals, Journal of Paleontology 17 2, 196-202 |
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!