Vaqueros Formation
320 distinct taxa, from 1,848 fossil occurrences the Paleobiology Database records under this name, spanning 34–5.3 Mya.
California · US
320 taxa · 1,848 fossils · 34–5.3 MyaMembers recorded: Volcanic Arenite, Lower Conglomerate, Maricopa, Painted Rock Sandstone, Painted Sandstone.
Macrostrat dates this rock 34–17 Ma. Macrostrat’s own record
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73 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
- Balanus
- Turritella inezana
- Anomia vaquerosensis
- Chlamys sespeensis
- Califrapana vaquerosensis
- Macrochlamis magnolia
- Polinices (Neverita) reclusianus andersoni
- Dallocardia vaquerosense
- Crenomytilus expansus
- Lyropecten miguelensis
- Clementia conradiana
- Turritella ocoyana
- Mammalia
- Vaquerosella vaquerosensis
- Crenostrea eldridgei
- Hybolophus granti
- Crassostrea vaquerosensis
- Lucinoma acutilineata
- Dosinia (Dosinella) merriami
- Kewia fairbanksi
- Panopea generosa
- Calyptraea costellata
- Dosinia (Dosinidia) margaritana projecta
- Macoma nasuta
- Vertipecten perrini
- Calyptraea filosa
- Chione (Chionopsis) temblorensis
- Miltha (Miltha) sanctaecrucis
- Pycnodonte (Pycnodonte) ynezana
- Bittium topangensis
- Diplodonta orbella
- Pacipecten andersoni subandersoni
- Saxidomus vaquerosensis
- Serpula careyi
- Pecten (Pecten) vanvlecki
- Spondylus perrini
- Turritella inezana bicarina
- Vertipecten bowersi
- Leporimetis obesa
- Lyropecten pretiosus
The 40 most often recorded, of 320.
What else lived thenRank the rock of a period
Counts are of occurrence records, which measure the rock and the fieldwork together.