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On June 29, 1952, the McKittrick Tar Pits were registered a California Historical Landmark. California Historical Landmark reads: NO. 498 McKITTRICK BREA PIT - Located one-eighth mile west of here is an ancient asphaltum seepage in which hundreds of Pleistocene Age (15,000-50,000 years ago) birds and animals were trapped.
Bloomington is an urban unincorporated community in San Bernardino County, California, United States. The population was 23,851 at the 2010 census, up from 19,318 at the 2000 census. For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau has defined Bloomington as a census-designated place (CDP).
According to a California tourism guide, “You enter the limestone caverns at an altitude of 4,300 feet (1,300 m) about 1,000 feet (300 m) above the desert floor. The higher view of the desert from the Visitor Center is magnificent…Not too spacious, these chambers contain strangely beautiful cave coral, stalactites, and stalagmites.” [ 5 ]
The Jalama formation is separated by overlying sedimentary layers by an unconformity most everywhere it has been found, as the Paleocene is unrepresented in the fossil record in southern Santa Barbara County, and the stratigraphic sequence goes directly from the Cretaceous Jalama to Eocene units, including the Anita and Juncal Formations. [10]
Millions of prehistoric marine fossils were discovered beneath a California high school over the course of a multi-year construction project. The relics recovered at San Pedro High School included ...
Diagram depicting the soft part anatomy of the sea snail Abyssochrysos † Abyssochrysos – tentative report † Abyssochrysos giganteum – type locality for species † Acaeniotyle † Acaeniotyle umbilicata – or unidentified related form † Acanthoceras † Acanthoceras rhotomagense – or unidentified related form † Acanthoceras roguense – or unidentified related form ...
San Pedro High School discovered a deposit of marine fossils on campus in 2022 and began collaborating with local paleontologists to uncover secrets from the Palos Verdes Peninsula's geological past.
Fossil of the Devonian-Triassic arthropod trackway ichnogenus Cruziana †Cruziana †Cyclolobus †Cyclonema †Cymbidium †Daguinaspis †Dicoelosia †Didymograptus †Dimeropygiella †Diplichnites †Encrinurus †Endoceras – tentative report †Euomphalus †Fallotaspis †Favosites †Fenestella †Gogia †Halysites †Helicoplacus