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This list of the prehistoric life of California contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of California. Precambrian [ edit ]
Diagram depicting the soft part anatomy of the sea snail Abyssochrysos † Abyssochrysos – tentative report † Abyssochrysos giganteum – type locality for species † Acaeniotyle † Acaeniotyle umbilicata – or unidentified related form † Acanthoceras † Acanthoceras rhotomagense – or unidentified related form † Acanthoceras roguense – or unidentified related form ...
Group or Formation Period Notes Al Rose Formation: Ordovician: Altamira Shale: Neogene: Antelope Valley Limestone: Ordovician: Arvison Formation: Triassic: Asuncion Group/Chico Formation
The fossils include unique species of fish that had never been found in the area before. The discovery is reshaping views on California geology with the possibility of extinct islands.
Millions of prehistoric marine fossils were discovered beneath a California high school over the course of a multi-year construction project. The relics recovered at San Pedro High School included ...
A list of prehistoric and extinct species whose fossils have been found in the La Brea Tar Pits, located in present-day Hancock Park, a city park on the Miracle Mile section of the Mid-Wilshire district in Los Angeles, California. [1] [2] [3]
Dinosaurs and Other Mesozoic Reptiles of California. Berkeley: University of California Press. 318 pp. ISBN 9780520233157. Mayor, Adrienne. Fossil Legends of the First Americans. Princeton University Press. 2005. ISBN 0-691-11345-9. Murray, Marian (1974). Hunting for Fossils: A Guide to Finding and Collecting Fossils in All 50 States. Collier ...
San Pedro High School discovered a deposit of marine fossils on campus in 2022 and began collaborating with local paleontologists to uncover secrets from the Palos Verdes Peninsula's geological past.