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  2. Lake Cahuilla - Wikipedia

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    Lake Cahuilla (/ k ə ˈ w iː. ə / kə-WEE-ə; [1] [2] [3] also known as Lake LeConte and Blake Sea) was a prehistoric lake in California and northern Mexico.Located in the Coachella and Imperial valleys, it covered surface areas of 5,700 km 2 (2,200 sq mi) to a height of 12 m (39 ft) above sea level during the Holocene.

  3. Extremely rare "doomsday fish" found off California coast - AOL

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    Updated August 15, 2024 at 1:06 PM. Kayakers and snorkelers exploring the Southern California coast spotted an extremely rare oarfish, nicknamed a "doomsday fish" since they are seen in some parts ...

  4. Paleobiota of the Chinle Formation - Wikipedia

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    One of the most diverse floral communities is found near Fort Wingate, New Mexico. Paleobotanists have traditionally placed the Fort Wingate plant beds into the Monitor Butte Member , though more recently they are placed within the Bluewater Creek Formation , a subunit of the Chinle Formation first defined in 1989. [ 62 ]

  5. Western Interior Seaway - Wikipedia

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    The ancient sea, which existed from the early Late Cretaceous (100 Ma) to the earliest Paleocene (66 Ma), connected the Gulf of Mexico to the Arctic Ocean. The two land masses it created were Laramidia to the west and Appalachia to the east. At its largest extent, it was 2,500 feet (760 m) deep, 600 miles (970 km) wide and over 2,000 miles ...

  6. 'Doomsday fish' found dead in California days before ... - AOL

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    August 17, 2024 at 6:23 AM. 'Doomsday fish' found dead in California days before earthquake struck Los Angeles. While kayaking and snorkeling in La Jolla, California, a group spotted a very rare ...

  7. Coelacanth - Wikipedia

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    Coelacanth. Coelacanths (/ ˈsiːləkænθ / ⓘ SEE-lə-kanth) (order Coelacanthiformes) are an ancient group of lobe-finned fish (Sarcopterygii) in the class Actinistia. [2][3] As sarcopterygians, they are more closely related to lungfish and tetrapods (which includes amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals) than to ray-finned fish.

  8. Rare 'Doomsday Fish' Found Off the Coast of Southern ... - AOL

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    On Saturday, Aug. 10, the group encountered the 12-foot oarfish while exploring La Jolla Cove near San Diego, the Scripps Institution of Oceanography shared in a Facebook post featuring photos of ...

  9. Folsom site - Wikipedia

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    Folsom site or Wild Horse Arroyo, designated by the Smithsonian trinomial 29CX1, is a major archaeological site about 8 miles (13 km) west of Folsom, New Mexico. It is the type site for the Folsom tradition, a Paleo-Indian cultural sequence dating to between 11000 BC and 10000 BC. The Folsom site was excavated in 1926 and found to have been a ...