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Kellogg Shale, Contra Costa County, California, USA

FormationKellogg Shale
Age:47.8 - 38.0 Ma
Eocene
IntervalLutetian - Bartonian
Lithologyshale
Number of Collections1
Number of Occurrences10

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Camino Diablo RoadContra Costa County, California, USAKellogg Shale

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Naviculopsis sp.
genus
6Naviculopsis47.8 - 38 Ma
Eocene
Naviculopsis americana
species
7Naviculopsis : Naviculopsis americana47.8 - 38 Ma
Eocene
Helicosphaera neolophota
species
7Haptophyta : Helicosphaera : Helicosphaera neolophota47.8 - 38 Ma
Eocene
Dictyocha byronalis
species
7Heterokontophyta : Chrysophyceae : Phytomastigophora : Dictyochaceae : Dictyocha : Dictyocha byronalis47.8 - 38 Ma
Eocene
Corbisema angularis
species
7Heterokontophyta : Dictyochophyceae : Dictyochales : Corbisema : Corbisema angularis47.8 - 38 Ma
Eocene
Corbisema exilis
species
7Heterokontophyta : Dictyochophyceae : Dictyochales : Corbisema : Corbisema exilis47.8 - 38 Ma
Eocene
Corbisema hastata
species
7Heterokontophyta : Dictyochophyceae : Dictyochales : Corbisema : Corbisema hastata47.8 - 38 Ma
Eocene

References

Barron J. A., Bukry D., et al (1984) Correlation of the middle Eocene Kellogg Shale of northern California, Micropaleontology 30 2, 138-170
McLean H., Barron J. A. (1988) A Late Middle Eocene diatomite in northwestern Baja California Sur, Mexico: Implications for tectonic translation, Pacific Section SEPM 38, 1-8
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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