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Temblor Formation

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Type
  
Geologic formation

Primary
  
shale. sand

Underlies
  
Monterey Formation

Country
  
United States

Temblor Formation

Sub-units
  
Agua Sandstone Member, Buttonbed Sandstone Member, Carneros Sandstone Member, Cymric Shale Member, Devilwater Siltstone, Gould Shale, Media Shale Member, Round Mountain Silt, Santos Shale Member, Wygal Sandstone Member

Region
  
Western San Joaquin Valley, Kern County, California

The Temblor Formation is a geologic formation in California.

Contents

It preserves fossils dating back from the Oligocene to middle Miocene Epoch of the Neogene period.

Cartilagenous fishes

Sharks
  • Carcharias
  • Cephaloscyllium
  • Cetorhinus
  • †Carcharocles megalodon
  • †Galeocerdo aduncus
  • †Hemipristis serra
  • Heterodontus
  • Hexanchus
  • †Isurus desori
  • †Isurus planus
  • †Isurus hastalis
  • Megachasma
  • Notorhynchus
  • †Parotodus benedenii
  • Scyliorhinus
  • Squalus
  • Squatina
    • Rays and Skates
  • Myliobatis
  • Dasyatis

    • Reptiles

  • Pacifichelys hutchisoni
  • †Chelonia californiensis
  • †Syllomus aegyptiacus

    • Birds

  • †Megalodytes morejohni
  • †Presbychen abavus
  • †Diomedea californica
    • †D. milleri
  • †Fulmarus miocaenus
  • †Puffinus inceptor
    • †P. milleri †P. priscus
  • †Morus vagabundus
  • †Pelagornis cf. orri
  • †Hadrogyps aigialerus
  • †Pandion homalopteron

    • Mammals

  • †Allodesmus kernensis
  • †Bouromeryx americanus
  • †Hypohippus
  • †Miotapirus
  • †Paleoparadoxia tabatai
  • †Paratomarctus temerarius
  • †Pelagiarctos thomasi

    • References

    Temblor Formation Wikipedia
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