Monterey Formation
400 distinct taxa, from 594 fossil occurrences the Paleobiology Database records under this name, spanning 23–3.6 Mya.
California, Washington · US
400 taxa · 594 fossils · 23–3.6 MyaMembers recorded: Saddleback Valley Limestone, lower, Saddleback Mountain Limestone, upper, McClure Shale, Saltos Shale, Altamira Shale, McLure shale, Lower, Altamira, Valmonte, Canyon del Rey Diatomite.
Macrostrat dates this rock 19–5.8 Ma. Macrostrat’s own record
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40 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
- Odobenidae
- Panphyseteroidea
- Pithanotaria starri
- Imagotaria downsi
- Lyropecten crassicardo
- Odontoceti
- Atocetus nasalis
- Bolivina
- Cetotheriidae
- Desmostylus hesperus
- Dusisiren
- Dusisiren jordani
- Mysticeti
- Bathylagus angelensis
- Desmostylus
- Messapicetus
- Moris lompocana
- Otodus megalodon
- Pelagornis orri
- Pontolis
- Albireonidae
- Allodesmus
- Amussium lompocensis
- Annelida
- Carcharodon hastalis
- Chondrichthyes
- Crassostrea titan
- Delectopecten peckhami
- Eclipes veternus
- Gemelliporella
- Herpetocetinae
- Osteichthyes
- Pacipecten andersoni
- Palaeophycus
- Pithanodelphis
- Pithanotaria
- Tamiosoma gregaria
- Turritella
- Turritella ocoyana
- Aboma antiqua
The 40 most often recorded, of 400.
What else lived thenRank the rock of a period
Counts are of occurrence records, which measure the rock and the fieldwork together.