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Record Nr.

UNINA9910706725303321

Autore

Addicott Warren O.

Titolo

Oligocene molluscan biostratigraphy and paleontology of the lower part of the type Temblor Formation, California / / by Warren O. Addicott

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington : , : United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, , 1973

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (iv, 48 pages, 9 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps

Collana

Geological Survey professional paper ; ; 791

Soggetti

Mollusks, Fossil - California - Kern County

Paleontology - Oligocene

Paleontology - California - Kern County

Mollusks, Fossil

Oligocene Geologic Epoch

Paleontology

California Kern County

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed September 30, 2014).

"Marine mollusks from the basal shale (Cymric Shale Member) and the overlying sandstone (Wygal Sandstone Member) are of provincial Oligocene age. Warm-water assemblages from the Wygal Sandstone Member represent a previously unrecognized biostratigraphic unit of late Oliogocene age in California."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 40-44) and index.