Santa Margarita Formation
111 distinct taxa, from 193 fossil occurrences the Paleobiology Database records under this name, spanning 12–5.3 Mya.
California · US
111 taxa · 193 fossils · 12–5.3 MyaMembers recorded: lower, Phoenix.
Macrostrat dates this rock 13–10 Ma. Macrostrat’s own record
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25 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
- Imagotaria downsi
- Dusisiren jordani
- Lyropecten crassicardo
- Tegula thea
- Astrodapsis antiselli
- Astrodapsis whitneyi
- Imagotaria
- Pithanotaria starri
- Teleostei
- Camelidae
- Carcharodon hastalis
- Cetacea
- Galeocerdo
- Pacipecten discus
- Paleoparadoxia tabatai
- Periploma clarki
- Sirenia
- Amiantis dalli
- Astrodapsis arnoldi
- Astrodapsis spatiosus
- Balaenopteridae
- Carcharhinus
- Chione (Chionopsis) semiplicata
- Cosmopolitodus planus
- Crassostrea eucorrugata
- Crassostrea titan
- Delphinapterinae
- Delphinidae
- Desmostylus
- Hipparion forcei
- Moris lompocana
- Mysticeti
- Nodipecten estrellanus
- Odontaspis
- Otodus megalodon
- Selachii
- Smilodonichthys
- Tamiosoma gregaria
- Tegula varistriata
- Turritella freya
The 40 most often recorded, of 111.
What else lived thenRank the rock of a period
Counts are of occurrence records, which measure the rock and the fieldwork together.