The Temblor Formation is a

geologic formation A geological formation, or simply formation, is a body of rock having a consistent set of physical characteristics ( lithology) that distinguishes it from adjacent bodies of rock, and which occupies a particular position in the layers of rock exp ...

California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...

. It preserves

fossils A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserved ...

dating back from the

Late Oligocene The Chattian is, in the geologic timescale The geologic time scale or geological time scale (GTS) is a representation of time based on the rock record of Earth. It is a system of chronological dating that uses chronostratigraphy (the pro ...

to the

Middle Miocene The Middle Miocene is a sub-epoch of the Miocene epoch (geology), epoch made up of two Stage (stratigraphy), stages: the Langhian and Serravallian stages. The Middle Miocene is preceded by the Early Miocene. The sub-epoch lasted from 15.97 ± 0. ...

of the

Neogene The Neogene ( ,) is a geologic period and system that spans 20.45 million years from the end of the Paleogene Period million years ago ( Mya) to the beginning of the present Quaternary Period million years ago. It is the second period of th ...

period. It is notable for the famous Sharktooth Hill deposit (otherwise known as Ernst Quarry).

Fossils

Vertebrates

Cartilagenous fishes

= Sharks

* '' Carcharias'' * '' Cephaloscyllium'' * '' Cetorhinus'' * †'' Carcharocles megalodon'' Boessenecker, Ehret, D, Long, D, Churchill, M, Martin, E, Boessenecker, S. The Early Pliocene extinction of the mega-toothed shark ''Otodus megalodon'': a view from the eastern north Pacific. PeerJ. 2019 Feb 13;7:e6088. doi: 10.7717/peerj.6088. eCollection 2019. * †'' Galeocerdo aduncus'' * †'' Hemipristis serra'' * '' Heterodontus'' * '' Hexanchus'' * †''

Isurus desori ''Isurus desori'' or "Desori shark", or "Desori mako shark" is an extinct species of Mako shark, that lived in the Oligocene and Middle Miocene, between 34 and 11 million years ago. It measured long. Diet The ''Isurus desori'' hunted squids ...

'' * †'' Isurus hastalis'' * †'' Isurus planus''Malchow, A. 2009. MIOCENE SHARK TOOTH HILL LOCALITY, KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. Geological Society of America North-Central Section - 43rd Annual Meeting (2-3 April 2009) * '' Megachasma'' * '' Notorhynchus'' * †'' Parotodus benedenii'' * '' Scyliorhinus'' * ''

Squalus ''Squalus'' is a genus of dogfish sharks in the family (biology), family Squalidae. Commonly known as spurdogs, these sharks are characterized by smooth dorsal fin spines, teeth in upper and lower fish jaw, jaws similar in size, caudal peduncle ...

'' * '' Squatina''

= Rays and skates

= * '' Dasyatis'' * '' Myliobatis''

Reptiles

* '' Pacifichelys'' * †'' Chelonia californiensis'' * †'' Syllomus aegyptiacus''

Birds

* †'' Diomedea californica'' ** †''D. milleri'' * †'' Fulmarus miocaenus'' * †'' Hadrogyps aigialerus'' * †'' Megalodytes morejohni''Stegall, J. 2016. Fossil Birds of the Mojave Desert & Environs. Murturango Press, Ridgecrest, California. * †'' Morus vagabundus'' * †'' Osteodontornis orri'' * †'' Pandion homalopteron'' * †'' Presbychen abavus'' * †'' Puffinus inceptor'' ** †''P. milleri'' ** †''P. priscus''

Mammals

* †'' Allodesmus kernensis'' * †'' Bouromeryx americanus'' * †'' Hypohippus'' * †'' Miotapirus'' * †'' Paleoparadoxia tabatai'' * †'' Paratomarctus temerarius'' * †'' Pelagiarctos thomasi''L. G. Barnes. 1988. A new fossil pinniped (Mammalia: Otariidae) from the middle Miocene Sharktooth Hill Bonebed, California. Contributions in Science 396:1-11 * †'' Aulophyseter morricei'' * †'' Oedolithax mira'' * †''Loxolithax sinuosa'' * †'' Parietobalaena securis''

References

External links

* {{Neogene Footer Geologic formations of California Neogene stratigraphic units of North America Shale formations of the United States Miocene California Paleogene California Geology of Kern County, California Geography of the San Joaquin Valley Paleontology in California Temblor Range Sandstone formations of the United States