List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in California
This article contains a list of fossil-bearing stratigraphic units in the state of California, U.S.
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Group or Formation | Period | Notes |
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Al Rose Formation | Ordovician | |
Altamira Shale | Neogene | |
Antelope Valley Limestone | Ordovician | |
Arvison Formation | Triassic | |
Asuncion Group/Chico Formation | Cretaceous | |
Asuncion Group/Forbes Shale | Cretaceous | |
Asuncion Group/Funks Shale | Cretaceous | |
Asuncion Group/Moreno Formation | Cretaceous | |
Asuncion Group/Ragged Valley Shale | Cretaceous | |
Avawatz Formation | Neogene | |
Aztec Sandstone | Jurassic | |
Badger Flat Formation | Ordovician | |
Baird Formation | Carboniferous | |
Barrel Spring Formation | Ordovician | |
Barstow Formation | Neogene | |
Battery Formation | ||
Bautista Formation | ||
Bedrock Spring Formation | Neogene | |
Bird Spring Formation | Permian, Carboniferous | |
Bonanza King Formation | Cambrian | |
Bonanzan King Formation | Cambrian | |
Bopesta Formation | Neogene | |
Bragdon Formation | Carboniferous | |
Branch Canyon Formation | Neogene | |
Brawley Formation | ||
Briones Formation | Neogene | |
Brock Shale | Triassic | |
Budden Canyon Formation | Cretaceous | |
Cache Formation | ||
Cajon Valley Beds Formation | Neogene | |
Caliente Formation | Neogene | |
Campito Formation | Cambrian | |
Capay Formation | Paleogene | |
Capistrano Formation | Neogene | |
Carrara Formation | Cambrian | |
Chanac Formation | Neogene | |
Chatsworth Formation | Cretaceous | |
Chico Formation | Cretaceous | |
Chico Group/Moreno Formation | Cretaceous | |
Chloropagus Formation | Neogene | |
Conglomerate Mesa Formation | Permian | |
Copper Canyon Formation | Neogene | |
Coso Formation | Neogene | |
Crowder Formation | Neogene | |
Darwin Canyon Formation | Permian | |
Debris Dam Formation | Cretaceous | |
Deep Spring Formation | Cambrian | |
Dekkas Formation | Permian | |
Delmar Formation | ||
Diablo Formation | Neogene | |
Diligencia Formation | ||
Disaster Peak Formation | Neogene | |
Domengine Formation | Paleogene | |
Dove Spring Formation | Neogene | |
Drakes Bay Formation | Neogene | |
Ely Springs Dolomite | Ordovician | |
Etchegoin Formation | Neogene | |
Falor Formation | ||
Fernando Formation | Neogene | |
Forbes Formation | Cretaceous | |
Foreman Formation | Jurassic | |
Franciscan Formation | Jurassic | |
Neogene | ||
Friars Formation | Paleogene | |
Cretaceous | ||
Gazelle Formation | Silurian | |
Goler Formation | Paleogene | |
Goodhue Formation | Permian | |
Goodwin Formation | Ordovician | |
Cretaceous | ||
Great Valley Group/Antelope Shale | Cretaceous | |
Great Valley Group/Budden Canyon Formation | Cretaceous | |
Great Valley Group/Crack Canyon Formation | Cretaceous | |
Great Valley Group/Gravelly Flat Formation | Cretaceous | |
Great Valley Group/Lodoga Formation | Cretaceous | |
Great Valley Group/Moreno Formation | Cretaceous | |
Great Valley Group/Stony Creek Formation | Jurassic | |
Green Valley Formation | Neogene | |
Gregg Ranch Formation | Ordovician | |
Hardgrave Formation | Jurassic | |
Harkless Formation | Cambrian | |
Harold Formation | ||
Hector Formation | Neogene | |
Hidden Valley Dolomite | Devonian | |
Hinchman Formation | Jurassic | |
Hookton Formation | ||
Hornbrook Formation | Cretaceous | |
Horned Toad Formation | Neogene | |
Horseshoe Gulch Formation | Ordovician | |
Ordovician | ||
Triassic | ||
Hosselkus Limestone | Triassic | |
Hungry Valley Formation | Neogene | |
Imperial Formation | Neogene | |
Imperial Group/Deguynos Formation | Neogene | |
Jalama Formation | Cretaceous | |
Jewett Sand Formation | Neogene, Paleogene | |
Joaquin Formation | Cretaceous | |
Josephine Formation | Jurassic | |
Juncal Formation | Paleogene | |
Devonian, Silurian, Ordovician | ||
Kangaroo Ranch Formation | Ordovician | |
Neogene | ||
Kern River Beds Formation | Neogene | |
Kramer Beds Formation | Neogene | |
Paleogene | ||
Kreyenhagen Shale | Paleogene | |
La Habra Formation | ||
La Jolla Formation | Paleogene | |
Ladd Formation | Cretaceous | |
Ladera Sandstone | Neogene | |
Laguna Seca Formation | Paleogene, Cretaceous | |
Lake Mathews Formation | Neogene | |
Latham Shale | Cambrian | |
Livermore Gravels Formation | Neogene | |
Llajas Formation | Paleogene | |
Locatelli Formation | Paleogene | |
Lodo Formation | Paleogene | |
Lomita Marl Formation | ||
Lompico Sandstone | Neogene | |
Neogene | ||
Manix Formation | ||
Martinez Formation | Paleogene | |
Mazourka Formation | Ordovician | |
McCloud Limestone | Permian, Carboniferous | |
Meganos Formation | Paleogene | |
Paleogene | ||
Mehrten Formation | Neogene | |
Merced Formation | Neogene | |
Neogene | ||
Mint Canyon Formation | Neogene | |
Mission Valley Formation | Paleogene | |
Modello Formation | Neogene | |
Modelo Formation | Neogene | |
Modin Formation | Triassic | |
Moenkopi Formation | Triassic | |
Monola Formation | Cambrian | |
Monterey Formation | Neogene | |
Monterey Shale | Neogene | |
/Claremont Shale | Neogene | |
Montezuma Formation | ||
Montgomery Creek Formation | Paleogene | |
Montgomery Limestone | Ordovician | |
Moraga Formation | Neogene | |
Moreno Formation | Cretaceous | |
Moreno Grande Formation | Cretaceous | |
Mormon Formation | Jurassic | |
Neogene | ||
Mt. Eden Formation | Neogene | |
Mule Spring Limestone | Cambrian | |
Mulholland Formation | Neogene | |
Neroly Formation | Neogene | |
Niguel Formation | Neogene | |
Nosoni Formation | Permian | |
Neogene | ||
Oclese Sand Formation | Neogene | |
Ocotillo Formation | ||
Ono Formation | Cretaceous | |
Orinda Formation | Neogene | |
Oro Loma Formation | Neogene | |
Osbourne Canyon Formation | Permian | |
Otay Formation | ||
Permian | ||
Owens Valley Group/Santa Rosa Flat Formation | Permian | |
Pacheco Formation | Cretaceous | |
Palm Spring Formation | ||
Palos Verdes Formation | ||
Panoche Formation | Cretaceous | |
Paskenta Formation | Cretaceous | |
Paso Robles Formation | Neogene | |
Pauba Formation | ||
Payton Ranch Limestone | Silurian | |
Peace Valley Beds Formation | Neogene | |
Petaluma Formation | Neogene | |
Pico Formation | Neogene | |
Pigeon Point Formation | Cretaceous | |
Pinole Tuff Formation | Neogene | |
Pismo Formation | Neogene | |
Pit Formation | Triassic | |
Pleasants Sandstone | Cretaceous | |
Plush Ranch Formation | Neogene | |
Point Loma Formation | Cretaceous | |
Poleta Formation | Cambrian | |
Pomerado Conglomerate Formation | Paleogene | |
Potem Formation | Jurassic | |
Poway Formation | Paleogene | |
Puente Formation | Neogene | |
Puente Shale | Neogene | |
Punchbowl Formation | Neogene | |
Purisima Formation | Neogene | |
Purisimo Formation | Neogene | |
Redding Formation | Cretaceous | |
Rincon Formation | Neogene, Paleogene | |
Rio Dell Formation | ||
Riverbank Formation | ||
Robinson Formation | Permian | |
Rosario Formation | Cretaceous | |
Rosario Group/Cabrillo Formation | Cretaceous | |
Rosario Group/Point Loma Formation | Cretaceous | |
Neogene | ||
Saline Valley Formation | Cambrian | |
San Antonio Formation | ||
San Benito Gravels | ||
San Diego Formation | Neogene | |
San Emigdio Formation | Paleogene | |
San Francisquito Formation | Paleogene, Cretaceous | |
San Joaquin Formation | Neogene | |
Paleogene | ||
/Pleito Formation | Paleogene | |
/San Emigdio Formation | Paleogene | |
San Margarita Sandstone | Neogene | |
San Mateo Formation | Neogene | |
San Pablo Formation | Neogene | |
San Pedro Formation | ||
San Timoteo Formation | ||
Santa Clara Formation | Neogene | |
Santa Cruz Mudstone Formation | Neogene | |
Santa Margarita Formation | Neogene | |
Santa Rosa Flat Formation | Permian | |
Santa Rosa Island Formation | ||
Santa Susana Formation | Paleogene | |
Santiago Formation | Paleogene | |
Scripps Formation | Paleogene | |
Sespe Formation | Neogene, Paleogene | |
Shasta Formation | Cretaceous | |
Sierra Blanca Limestone | Paleogene | |
Siesta Formation | Neogene | |
Silverado Formation | Paleogene | |
Sisquoc Formation | Neogene | |
Skooner Gulch Formation | Neogene | |
St. George Formation | Neogene | |
Paleogene | ||
Sweetwater Formation | Paleogene | |
Tassajara Formation | Neogene | |
Tecopa Lake Beds Formation | ||
Tecuya Formation | ||
Tejon Formation | Paleogene | |
Temblor Formation | Neogene, Paleogene | |
Temecula Arkose Formation | ||
Thompson Formation | Jurassic | |
Tick Canyon Formation | ||
Timm's Point Formation | ||
Titus Canyon Formation | Paleogene | |
Topanga Canyon Formation | Neogene | |
Towsley Formation | Neogene | |
Tulare Formation | Neogene | |
Tuna Canyon Formation | Cretaceous | |
Turlock Lake Formation | ||
Neogene | ||
Union Wash Formation | Triassic | |
Paleogene | ||
Neogene | ||
Upper Etchegoin Formation | ||
Upper Fernando Formation | Neogene | |
Upper Mehrten Formation | Neogene | |
Valmonte Diatomite Formation | Neogene | |
Vaquero Formation | Neogene | |
Vaqueros Formation | Neogene, Paleogene | |
Vedder Sand | Paleogene | |
/ | Jurassic | |
/ | Jurassic | |
/ | Jurassic | |
Waltham Formation | Cretaceous | |
Wildcat Formation | Neogene | |
Wildcat Group/Rio Dell Formation | Neogene | |
Williams Formation | Cretaceous | |
Wood Canyon Formation | Cambrian, Ediacaran | |
Cambrian |
See also[]
- Paleontology in California
References[]
Wikisource has original works on the topic: Paleontology in the United States#California |
- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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