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Salt Creek, Kern County, California, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 35.4775,-119.126 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | not explained |
Given Location | California, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Kern County, California, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Salt Creek, 8 1/2 mi NW of Oil City | Rathbun M. J. (1926) | not reported | 56 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Orbitoplax weaveri species | Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Grapsidae : Orbitoplax : Orbitoplax weaveri | 56 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene |
References
Rathbun M. J. (1926) The Fossil Stalk-Eyed Crustacea of the Pacific Slope of North America, United States National Museum Bulletin 138, 1-155 |
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!