Avenal Formation
47 distinct taxa, from 47 fossil occurrences the Paleobiology Database records under this name, spanning 56–48 Mya.
California · US
47 taxa · 47 fossils · 56–48 MyaMacrostrat dates this rock 48–46 Ma. Macrostrat’s own record
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2 distinct localities, where the rock is now rather than where it was laid down. Tectonics draws the world it belonged to.
When
What has been found
- Acanthocardia (Schedocardia)
- Acila
- Agaronia
- Akera
- Antilloseris vaughani
- Bonellitia
- Brachidontes
- Calyptraea
- Conus
- Crassatella
- Discotrochus californicus
- Ectinochilus (Macilentos) macilentus
- Euspira
- Falsifusus
- Ficopsis remondii
- Gari
- Globularia
- Glycymeris (Glycymerita) sagittata
- Glycymeris (Tucetona) perrini
- Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia) sandiegoensis
- Lucina
- Lyria
- Mitra cretacea
- Molopophorus
- Moniliopsis
- Nemocardium
- Neverita
- Olequahia
- Pachycrommium clarki
- Pitar (Lamelliconcha) joaquinensis
- Pitar uvasana
- Pleurofusia
- Pseudoliva
- Ranellina
- Retusa (Cylichnina)
- Rimella
- Sassia (Personella)
- Scaphander
- Sinum
- Spiroglyphus
The 40 most often recorded, of 47.
What else lived thenRank the rock of a period
Counts are of occurrence records, which measure the rock and the fieldwork together.