Careaga Sandstone Formation
247 distinct taxa, from 1,249 fossil occurrences the Paleobiology Database records under this name, spanning 2.6–1.8 Mya.
California · US
247 taxa · 1,249 fossils · 2.6–1.8 MyaMembers recorded: Cebada, Graciosa.
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6 distinct localities, where the rock is now rather than where it was laid down. Tectonics draws the world it belonged to.
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What has been found
- Caesia moraniana
- Anadara trilineata
- Leukoma staleyi
- Dendraster ashleyi
- Callianax biplicata
- Cryptomya californica
- Dendostrea vespertina
- Tresus nuttallii
- Saccella taphria
- Glossaulax reclusiana
- Callithaca tenerrima
- Dosinia ponderosa
- Mitrella gausapata
- Nutricola tantilla
- Solena (Eosolen) perrini
- Clinocardium (Clinocardium) meekianum
- Mactromeris hemphillii
- Coanicardita californica
- Lirobittium casmaliense
- Panopea generosa
- Caesia californiana
- Patinopecten healeyi
- Turritella cooperi
- Cryptonatica affinis
- Chlamys hastata
- Modiolus capax
- Siliqua alta
- Tamiosoma gregaria
- Euvola bella
- Heteroclidus punctata
- Lucinoma annulata
- Megasurcula carpenteriana
- Ophiodermella graciosana
- Tivela (Pachydesma) stultorum
- Crepidula princeps
- Parvilucina tenuisculpta
- Cancellaria arnoldi
- Pododesmus (Monia) macrochisma
- Compsomyax subdiaphana
- Yoldia (Kalayoldia) supramontereyensis
The 40 most often recorded, of 247.
What else lived thenRank the rock of a period
Counts are of occurrence records, which measure the rock and the fieldwork together.