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Group or Formation Period Notes Al Rose Formation: Ordovician: Altamira Shale: Neogene: Antelope Valley Limestone: Ordovician: Arvison Formation: Triassic: Asuncion Group/Chico Formation
Fossil of the Devonian-Triassic arthropod trackway ichnogenus Cruziana †Cruziana †Cyclolobus †Cyclonema †Cymbidium †Daguinaspis †Dicoelosia †Didymograptus †Dimeropygiella †Diplichnites †Encrinurus †Endoceras – tentative report †Euomphalus †Fallotaspis †Favosites †Fenestella †Gogia †Halysites †Helicoplacus
The Petrified Forest is a petrified forest located in Sonoma County, California, in the United States. It is the only petrified forest in California from the Pliocene. [3] [2] It also has the largest petrified trees in the world. [4] The forest is now open to the public to visit after restoration from damage caused by the Napa and Sonoma fires ...
This list of fossil sites is a worldwide list of localities known well for the presence of fossils. Some entries in this list are notable for a single, unique find, while others are notable for the large number of fossils found there. Many of the entries in this list are considered Lagerstätten (sedimentary deposits
Then in 1924, Hancock donated 23 acres (9.3 ha) to Los Angeles County with the stipulation that the county provide for the preservation of the park and the exhibition of fossils found there. [ 19 ] The George C. Page Museum of La Brea Discoveries, part of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, was built next to the tar pits in ...
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.
This list of the Paleozoic life of California contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of California and are between 538.8 and 252.17 million years of age.
District of Columbia: Capitalsaurus is the state dinosaur of Washington D.C., but the District has not chosen a state fossil. Florida: There is no state fossil in Florida, though agatised coral, which is a fossil, is the state stone. Hawaii; Iowa: The crinoid was proposed in 2018. [2] Minnesota: The giant beaver was proposed in 2022. [3] New ...