| Location | County | State/Province | Directions,Notes | Age | Formation | Fossils | Comments | Reference | Lat-Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fremont | Alameda | CA | along creek bed in Bell Quarry | Pleistocene? | Santa Clara (California) | plants,fresh water invertebrates,vertebrates | CA0584 | ||
| Irvington | Alameda | CA | in gravel beds? | Pleistocene | Mammal Fossils-Antelope,Mammoths | CA0585 | |||
| Livermore | Alameda | CA | 13 km SE on Arroyo del Valle SE1/4t4sr2e. | Cretaceous | Horsetown | Lytoceras | CA0003 | ||
| Livermore | Alameda | CA | In creek cut in SE1/4S25T3sr3e near junction of Livermore Rd and Western Pacific RR. | Eocene Upper | Tejon | Panopea | CA0004 | ||
| Livermore | Alameda | CA | near Altamont Pass | Miocene | San Pablo | fossil plants | CA0005 | ||
| Pleasanton | Alameda | CA | In RR cut on Pleasanton-Sunol Road | Miocene | Briones | Broad Marine fauna. | CA0006 | ||
| Sunol Park | Alameda | CA | Off I680 SE of Fremont,CA,In sandstone boulders along visitor trail. | Cretaceous? | Franciscan | abundant fossils. | CA0007 | ||
| Bear Valley | Alpine | CA | Mount Reba Fauna 38-31N 120-01W | Pliocene Lower | 6+ species of plants | CA0008 | |||
| Kirkwood | Alpine | CA | Carson Pass Fauna 38-41n 120.34W | Miocene Middle | plant fossils | CA0009 | |||
| Markleeville | Alpine | CA | Ebetts Pass Fauna 38-32n 119.48W | Miocene Middle | plant fossils | CA0010 | |||
| Markleeville | Alpine | CA | Niagara Fauna 38-40n 119.48W | Miocene Middle | plant fossils | CA0011 | |||
| – | Butte | CA | at Butte County Hospital 2 km N N1/2s36t20nr3e | Eocene | Tejon | Nyctilochus | CA0019 | ||
| Chico Creek | Butte | CA | Cretaceous | ammonites | CA0012 | ||||
| Feather River | Butte | CA | 1 km S of old Banner Mine on River bank in se1/4s32t20nr4e in | Jurassic | Abundant fossil plants | CA0013 | Original says Oroville formation, But that probably is meant to indicate similarity to the Monte de Oro formation at Oroville | ||
| Feather River | Butte | CA | 1.5 km S of old Banner Mine in ravine. | fossil plants | CA0014 | ||||
| Feather River | Butte | CA | on dumps of old Banner Mine. | fossil plants | CA0015 | ||||
| Oroville | Butte | CA | Cretaceous | Chico (CA) | fish teeth-Enchodus | CA0016 | |||
| Oroville | Butte | CA | 4 km N n1/2s31t20nr4e | Eocene | Tejon | Acmea(Limpet),Cerithiopsis,Drillia | CA0017 | ||
| Oroville | Butte | CA | NE In an area of a few square km 4.8km | Jurassic | Monte de Oro | 52 plant species | CA0594 | http://books.google.com/books?id=d6fLUrXRmu4C&pg=PA96&lpg=PA96&dq=oroville+formation+jurassic&source=web&ots=gGF4EYASZH&sig=tLx6imgdETgCGuKnS7kTVST4Hgg | |
| Reynolds Ferry | Butte | CA | At Botwick’s bar in the Stanislaus River in | Jurassic | Mariposa | Oecotraustes,Perisphinctes | CA0018 | ||
| Mokelumne | Calaveras | CA | Valley Spring Fauna 38-19N 120-46W | Miocene Middle | 17 Plant Species | CA0020 | |||
| Wilbur Springs | Colusa | CA | In white Cretaceous Limestone on Sulphur Creek | Cretaceous | Turbo | CA0021 | |||
| Williams | Colusa | CA | S of road between Williams and the springs in first range of foothills. | Cretaceous | Chico (CA) | Atresius[?],Ringinella,Liocium,Cordiera,Palaetractus[?] | CA0022 | No citations for ‘Atresius (lirata)’/’Palaetractus (crassus)’ or anything similar 050522 | |
| Williams | Colusa | CA | W on US20 at Hot Sulphur Springs in NW1/4t1nr4w | Cretaceous | Knoxville | Modiola | CA0023 | ||
| Berkeley | Contra Costa | CA | At mouth of Strawberry Canyon in | Jurassic | Knoxville | Pecten | CA0024 | ||
| Berkeley | Contra Costa | CA | S of I8(?) and E of I5 In hills E of city. In ash beds above pebbly conglomerate | Pliocene | mammal bones and teeth | CA0025 | |||
| Clayton | Contra Costa | CA | 5 km NE | Eocene | Tejon | Flabellum,Trochocyathus. | CA0026 | ||
| Clayton | Contra Costa | CA | 7 meters E abundant fossils | Cuspidaria | CA0027 | ||||
| Clayton | Contra Costa | CA | N of Mt Diablo | Miocene | San Pablo | fossil plants | CA0028 | ||
| Hercules | Contra Costa | CA | at Pecten Pt in San Pablo Bay | large number of Pecten at tidal level. | CA0029 | ||||
| Kirker Pass | Contra Costa | CA | Miocene | San Pablo | Littorina,Cerithiopsis | CA0030 | |||
| Las Trampas Ridge | Contra Costa | CA | Cerithiopsis | CA0031 | |||||
| Martinez | Contra Costa | CA | 2 km W in massive Limestone | Trochosmilia | CA0032 | ||||
| Martinez | Contra Costa | CA | At bulls head Point in n1/2s82nr2w in gray-green Limestone | Eocene | Martinez (California) | Aporrhais,Solen,Cinula,Morio,Neptunea | CA0033 | ||
| Martinez | Contra Costa | CA | In area cutbacks and ravines in gray-green Limestone | Eocene | Martinez (California) | Aporrhais,Solen,Cinula,Morio,Neptunea | CA0034 | ||
| Martinez | Contra Costa | CA | In sw1/4s23t2nr3w | Cretaceous | Chico (CA) | Inoceramus,Cucullaea | CA0035 | ||
| Martinez | Contra Costa | CA | NE,in ne1/4s8t2nr2w | Cretaceous | Shasta | Olivella,Dentalium | CA0036 | ||
| Mount Diablo | Contra Costa | CA | In Bagley Creek 2 km from summit in | Jurassic | Knoxville | Aucella | CA0037 | ||
| Mount Diablo | Contra Costa | CA | In southernmost foothills it Black Hawk Quarry | Pliocene | wide variety of Pliocene mammals – Mastodon,beaver,dog,Aelurodon,Bassariscus,Pseudaelurus,Merycodus,rabbit,ground squirrel,fox,weasel,raccoon,Smilodon,horse,peccary,camel,Oreodonts | CA0038 | |||
| Mount Diablo | Contra Costa | CA | on S side in se1/4sw1/4s9t1sr1e | Cretaceous | Chico (CA) | Trochocyathus | CA0039 | ||
| Muir Station | Contra Costa | CA | 4 km due S | Eocene | Martinez (California) | Hercoglossa. Nerita. Nautilus,Anchura,Surcula,Fissurella | CA0040 | ||
| Pacheco | Contra Costa | CA | 2 km N in ne1/4 s27t2nr2w | Tellina | CA0041 | ||||
| Pacheco | Contra Costa | CA | NW in sw1/4s21t2nr1w | Eocene Upper | Tejon | Spatangus(an urchin) | CA0042 | ||
| Pittsburg | Contra Costa | CA | 5 km S 2 km W of Kirker Creek | Oligocene | San Lorenzo | Actaeon,Clavella,Modiolus | CA0043 | ||
| Rodeo | Contra Costa | CA | 400 meters E | Miocene Upper | San Pablo | Cerithium | CA0044 | ||
| San Pablo Bay | Contra Costa | CA | s1/2s11t2nr4w | Miocene Upper | San Pablo | Macoma | CA0045 | ||
| Sobrante Ridge | Contra Costa | CA | N in valley on W fork of Bear Creek. | Oligocene | Turris,Fusinus | CA0046 | |||
| Stewartsville | Contra Costa | CA | 2 km S in nw1/4s15t1nr1e | Eocene | Martinez (California) | Turritella,Amauropsis | CA0047 | ||
| Walnut Creek | Contra Costa | CA | 1 km S of town center in road cuts in Formation | Oligocene | San Lorenzo | Cancellaria,Turris,Dentalium,Serpula,Pandora,Antigonia[?] | CA0048 | ||
| Auburn | El Dorado | CA | 10 km E at Hawver Cave in w1/2s7t12nr9e in cave deposits | Pleistocene | Nototherium,Felis(Cougar) | CA0049 | ‘Nototherium’ is a giant marsupial form from the Pliocene of Australia. | ||
| Coalinga | Fresno | CA | 23.5 km N | Eocene | Tejon | Spiroglyphus | CA0050 | ||
| Coalinga | Fresno | CA | 25.6 km W on branch of Salt Creek s15t18sr13e | Turbinolia,Trochocyathus,Flabellum | CA0051 | ||||
| Coalinga | Fresno | CA | 7 km W | Tellina,Tritonidea | CA0052 | ||||
| Coalinga | Fresno | CA | In Kettleman Hills 12.8 km SE of NW end of hills | Pliocene | Etchegoin | Sismondia | CA0053 | ||
| Coalinga | Fresno | CA | In small canyons South of Town | Fossils | CA0054 | ||||
| Coalinga | Fresno | CA | Joaquin Ridge | Cretaceous | ammonites. | CA0055 | |||
| Coalinga | Fresno | CA | Los Gatos Creek | Cretaceous | ammonites. | CA0056 | |||
| Coalinga | Fresno | CA | Ragged Valley | Cretaceous | ammonites. | CA0057 | |||
| Coalinga | Fresno | CA | Warthan Creek | Cretaceous | ammonites. | CA0058 | Original says ‘Walthan’ Creek. There is no such place? | ||
| Coalinga | Fresno | CA | at Coalinga Oil Filed NW corner s22t19sr15e on hillside | Miocene | Santa Margarita | Lyropecten,Ostrea,Barnacles | CA0059 | ||
| Coalinga | Fresno | CA | on Anticline Ridge,in NE corner S3T20Sr15e | Pliocene | Etchegoin | pelecypods,gastropods | CA0060 | ||
| Fresno | Fresno | CA | Fresno Hadrosaur presumably from Coast ranges W of Fresno. | CA0061 | |||||
| Jacalitos Creek | Fresno | CA | in S26t21sr15e | Miocene Upper | Etchegoin | barnacle reef | CA0062 | There is a Jacalitos Creek in Fresno County near Coalinga | |
| Kettleman Hills | Fresno | CA | In Central part of hills | Littorina | CA0063 | ||||
| New Idria | Fresno | CA | 19 km N on San Carlos Creek in nw1/4s29t15sr13e | Cretaceous | Chico (CA) | Baculites | CA0064 | ||
| Panoche Hills | Fresno | CA | Cretaceous | ammonites. | CA0065 | ||||
| Panoche Hills | Fresno | CA | Cretaceous Upper | Moreno | Ophiuroids (brittlestars) | CA0066 | |||
| Parson’s Peak | Fresno | CA | nw1/4s24t18sr14e | Eocene | Tejon | Glycymeris,Phacoides,Turris | CA0067 | ||
| Salt Creek | Fresno | CA | nw1/4s15t18sr15e | Eocene | Tejon | Crassatellites,Metula | CA0068 | ||
| Wagonwheel Mountain | Fresno | CA | S36T25SR18E on west slope of mountain | Miocene | Temblor | fossils in several beds — mollusks,vertebrate bones | CA0069 | ||
| Willows | Glenn | CA | 3 km N of Stonyford in large road cut | Jurassic | Knoxville | Buchia,ammonites | CA0070 | ||
| Anza-Borrego | Imperial | CA | Area exposures | Pliocene | Latrania | Invertebrates-Shark teeth-Carcharodon,Odontapsis,Isurus,Myliobatis;fish teeth | CA0071 | Collecting is not allowed in the State Park | |
| Anza-Borrego Desert | Imperial | CA | In Sandstone Canyon and adjacent badlands in Anza Borrego State Park | Pliocene Lower | Hypolagus,Pewelagus,horses,camel tracks. | CA0072 | |||
| Coyote Mountains | Imperial | CA | on SE side in nw1/4s26t15sr10e | Pliocene | Carrizo (California) | Clypeaster,Hipponoe | CA0073 | ||
| Coyote Wells | Imperial | CA | N in | Cretaceous | clams,Oysters | CA0074 | |||
| Plaster City | Imperial | CA | 2 km S of Dunaway Rd offramp from I8 in steep bank of wash | Pleistocene | Well preserved fresh water mollusks – Physa,Helisoma,Hydrobia,Amnicola,Anodonta | CA0075 | |||
| Salton Sea | Imperial | CA | in sand and mud around the shores of the Salton Sea up to Sea Level about 70 meters above current water levels. | Recent | mollusk shells | CA0076 | |||
| – | Inyo | CA | Another good exposure is found on the Ridge South of the Saline Valley-Death Valley Road as it drops down toward the Eureka Valley 24-32 km East of Big Pine. Those roads are paved and maintained. Many other localities are accessible via dirt roads. | Cambrian | Campito | ? | CA0116 | ||
| Andrews Mountain | Inyo | CA | Precambrian | Reed Dolomite | Algal structures near Middle of Formation{2} | CA0077 | |||
| Badger Flat | Inyo | CA | In limestones overlying graptolitic shales South of Badger Flat | Ordovician | Badger Flat Limestone | Brachiopods,Receptaculites,pelmatazoa,trilobites,gastropods. | CA0078 | ||
| Big Pine | Inyo | CA | Roughly 35 km SE E of summit on Saline Valley road on E slope in se1/4s35t10sr38e Mickwitzia,Holmia (Could be Harkless Formation) | Cambrian | Poleta | ? | CA0079 | ||
| Coso Mountains | Inyo | CA | Pliocene Lower | Coso | Horse teeth | CA0080 | |||
| Cowhorn Ridge | Inyo | CA | E of the crest on both sides of the Death Valley road about 35 km East of Big Pine,CA | Cambrian | Campito | ? | CA0081 | ||
| Darwin | Inyo | CA | Permian | Lone Pine (CA) | abundant Brachiopods,Fusulinids,Corals | CA0082 | |||
| Darwin Canyon | Inyo | CA | Permian Lower | Owens Valley | Fusulinids | CA0083 | |||
| Daylight Pass | Inyo | CA | Between Grapevine and Funeral Mountains | Cambrian Lower | Wood Canyon | Nevadia,Nevadella{2} | CA0084 | ||
| Funeral Mountains | Inyo | CA | Cambrian Lower | Carrara | trilobites-Olenellus fremonti | CA0085 | |||
| Grapevine Springs | Inyo | CA | In s21t10sr42e | Ordovician | Pogonip | Orthoceras,Clionychia | CA0086 | ||
| Harkless | Inyo | CA | on divide between flats and Squaw in nw1/4s14t10sr35e | Cambrian | Cornfield Springs | brachiopods – Ehmania,Obolus,Pteropoda,Sponges?,Trilobites? | CA0087 | ||
| Hastings Springs | Inyo | CA | E in sw1/4s36t21nr8e in | Cambrian Lower | Silver Peak Group | Billingsella | CA0088 | ||
| Independence | Inyo | CA | At elbow of Mazourka Canyon in Inyo Mountains in SE1/4s31t11sr36e type locality of | Ordovician Middle | Mazourka | Orthis,Encrinus,Cybeloides,Ceraurus,Pliomerops | CA0089 | ||
| Independence | Inyo | CA | At head of Mazourka Canyon in Inyo Mountains in s34t11sr36e | Cambrian | Silver Peak Group | Trematobolus | CA0090 | ||
| Inyo Mountains | Inyo | CA | In area exposures of Deep Springs Limestone in the Wyattia zone in recrystallized limestone | Ediacaran | Deep Springs | tubular fossils-Nevadatubulus,Coleoloides,Sinotubulites;hyolithid-Salanytheca | CA0586 | ||
| Inyo Mountains | Inyo | CA | On Andrews Mountain above Harkless Flats about 20 km East of Big Pine,CA | Cambrian | Campito | ? | CA0091 | ||
| Last Chance Range | Inyo | CA | Near Cucomungo Springs in the Last Chance Range in CA | Cambrian | Campito | ? | CA0092 | ||
| Lost Burro Gap | Inyo | CA | At NW end of gap in quartzite and Limestone | Devonian-Mississippian | Lost Burro|Tin Mountain | brachiopods,corals | CA0093 | ||
| Nopah Range | Inyo | CA | At Emigrant Pass on Old Spanish Trail | Cambrian Lower | Carrara | Olenellus,Bristolia,Peachella | CA0094 | ||
| Nopah Range | Inyo | CA | At the base of the Cambrian Nopah Formation | Cambrian | Nopah | trilobites and brachiopods | CA0095 | ||
| Owens Valley | Inyo | CA | In Union Wash 4 km NE of ruins of Owenyo Station IN,Inyo Mountains N of road to Cerro Gordo. Much of the exposure is within a wilderness area and is closed to collecting | Triassic | Union Wash | Diverse ammonite fauna – Owenites,Xenodiscus,Anasibirites,Sturia,Lanceolites,Clypeoceras,Lecanites,many others. | CA0096 | ||
| Owenyo Station | Inyo | CA | In area of Union Wash-Reward Mine in se1/4s10t14sr36e in | Permian | Owenyo Limestone | Euphemus | CA0097 | ||
| Resting Springs | Inyo | CA | 11.5 km Eon E side of Pass in | Cambrian Middle | Cornfield Springs | Obolus | CA0098 | ||
| Resting Springs | Inyo | CA | On Armagosa River in sw1/4s10t21nr8e | Cambrian | Silver Peak Sandstones | Olenellus | CA0099 | ||
| Saline Valley | Inyo | CA | SE of Waucoba Springs in the Saline Valley | Cambrian | Campito | ? | CA0100 | ||
| Shoshone | Inyo | CA | E on road to Pahrump,NV,(Old Spanish Trail) 500 meters W of summit in road cuts on S side of road in green and maroon Pyramid shales (N side of road is a wilderness area | Cambrian | Carrara | Olenellus cephalons,rarely complete specimens. | CA0101 | ||
| Shoshone | Inyo | CA | In broad valley to the South of the Valley that the paved road follows over Emigrant Pass | Cambrian | Carrara | trilobite cephalons | CA0102 | ||
| Slate Range | Inyo | CA | 400 meters N or Limestone quarry at N end of range | Mississippian | Perdido|Tin Mountain | abundant crinoid stems | CA0103 | ||
| Slate Range | Inyo | CA | in 2 to 8 meter thick lacustrian limestones | Miocene-Pliocene | twigs,mollusks-Corteus[?] | CA0104 | No citations for ‘Corteus’ a mollusk 050522 | ||
| Southern White Mountains | Inyo | CA | Precambrian | Deep Springs | Wyattia — a small conical fossil — near bottom of Formation{2} | CA0105 | |||
| Southern White Mountains | Inyo | CA | Precambrian | Reed Dolomite | Wyattia near top of Formation{2} | CA0106 | |||
| Tecopa Lake | Inyo | CA | From lacustrian deposits at ancient terminus of the Armagosa River | Pliocene | Camels,other vertebrates | CA0107 | CAUTION:Collecting vertebrate material in the US requires landowner or government permission | ||
| Union Springs-Inyo Mountains | Inyo | CA | 2 km E on S side of McAboy[?] trail over Union Wash in se1/4s23t14sr36e in Triassic rocks | Triassic | Union Wash | Xenodiscus,Hungarites,Tirolites,Popanoceras | CA0108 | Couldn’t identify a Union Spring or McAboy Trail in the Union Wash area. Only ‘trail’ in the area is a footpath(?) a few km South crossing Inyo range via Forgotten Pass. | |
| Union Springs-Inyo Mountains | Inyo | CA | 3 km E in sw1/4s24t14sr36e | Triassic | Union Wash | Prophingites,Danubites,Aspenites,Meekoceras,Lecanites,Inyoites,Xenaspis | CA0109 | ||
| Union Wash | Inyo | CA | 250 meters N from town Lone Pine on CA14, Rt on Lone Pine-Narrow Gauge Rd. Rt 5 km E to Lone Pine-Owenyo Rd. Left. N 8.3 km to jeep trail. Rt,2.7 km. Park. Hike down into Union Wash. Parapopanoceras beds are 1 meter black Limestone high on very steep s | Triassic | Union Wash | ? | CA0110 | ||
| Union Wash-Inyo Mountains | Inyo | CA | Triassic | Union Wash | Many Triassic Cephalopods — Inyoites,Lanceolites,Pseudosageceras,Nannites,Xenaspis | CA0111 | |||
| Waucoba Springs | Inyo | CA | 1.6km E of Saline Valley Rd 4km ENE of Waucoba Springs, in indurated shales | Cambrian Lower | Brachiopod fragments-Mickwitzia | CA0593 | Walcott-Cambrian Geology and Paleontology P54 | ||
| White Mountains | Inyo | CA | Precambrian | Deep Springs | Pteridinium in Middle member{2} | CA0112 | |||
| White Mountains | Inyo | CA | Good exposures of the rocks can be found along the Westgard Pass Road and Bristlecone pine forest access road as they climb 2000m from the desert at the Owens Valley floor to the treeline high up in the White Mountains. | Cambrian | Campito | ? | CA0113 | ||
| White–Inyo Mountains | Inyo | CA | Cambrian Lower | Harkless|Campito|Poleta | Trilobites – Fallotaspis,Traces fossils – Scolicia ) Harkless fm),Rusophycus (Campito Fm),Skolithos (Poleta fm),Planolites (Harkless Fm),Arthrophycus (Campito Fm). | CA0114 | |||
| White-Inyo Mountains | Inyo | CA | Cambrian Lower | Poleta | Helicoplacus (an Echinoderm){2} | CA0115 | |||
| – | Kern | CA | Eocene | Ricardo | vertebrates-Paracosoryx,Protolabis | CA0140 | CAUTION:Collecting vertebrate material in the US requires landowner or government permission | ||
| Bakersfield | Kern | CA | In road cuts in unconsolidated sand on Granite Station Road several km N of China Grade Loop Junction | Miocene Lower | Pyramid Hill Sand | Marine Vertebrate Teeth -Myliobatis,Isurus,sawfish | CA0117 | ||
| Bakersfield | Kern | CA | N and somewhat E on Road to Granite Station in pockets in Road Cuts | Miocene | Temblor | marine vertebrate teeth,Myliobatis,Isurus,etc. | CA0118 | ||
| Bakersfield | Kern | CA | N of Poso Creek in road cut in chalky bed of poorly preserved mollusks | Miocene | Temblor | small marine vertebrate teeth and a few bones | CA0119 | ||
| Bakersfield | Kern | CA | NE,on China Grade Loop as it climbs out of Kern River Canyon. On First small hill on left of road and East along Ridge to Right of road. Vertebrate teeth weathering out of shale. (Note: Well preserved mollusks are exposed 20 meters lower in sandstone bed | Miocene | Temblor | Vertebrate teeth,mollusks. | CA0120 | ||
| Barker’s Ranch | Kern | CA | s1/2s33t28sr19e | Miocene | Monterey? | marine vertebrates – Paleorhinus,Heptranchias,Agasoma,Rhinoptera | CA0121 | ‘Paleorhinus’ is a Mesozoic phytosaur. ‘Agasoma’ is a gastropod. | |
| El Paso Mountains | Kern | CA | thick sequence | Paleozoic | Schwagerina | CA0122 | |||
| Fort Tejon | Kern | CA | along Alizos Creek | Cretaceous | Tritonium,Olivella,Fasciolaria | CA0123 | Can’t find an Alizos Creek or anything similar near Fort Tejon,but many of the drainages seem to be unnamed on USGS maps | ||
| Fort Tejon | Kern | CA | along Alizos Creek in ne1/4s16t9nr19w in | Cretaceous Upper | Chico (CA) | Septifer,Conus,Meretrix,Architectonica | CA0124 | Can’t find an Alizos Creek or anything similar near Fort Tejon,but many of the drainages seem to be unnamed on USGS maps | |
| Kern River | Kern | CA | low in cliffs on S side of River opposite Hart Memorial Park E of Bakersfield | Miocene | Temblor | Abundant vertebrate teeth in bone bed. | CA0125 | ||
| Kettleman Hills | Kern | CA | Pliocene | San Joaquin | Echinoderms | CA0126 | |||
| Kettleman Hills | Kern | CA | Pliocene | San Joaquin | Mollusks – Turritella | CA0127 | |||
| Kettleman Hills | Kern | CA | In Pliocene San Joaquin Formation | Pliocene | San Joaquin | Echinoderms | CA0128 | ||
| Kettleman Hills | Kern | CA | In Pliocene San Joaquin Formation. | Pliocene | San Joaquin | Mollusks – Turritella | CA0129 | ||
| McKittrick | Kern | CA | tar pit deposits similar to Rancho La Brea | Pleistocene | mammals,insects,plants | CA0130 | |||
| Oil City | Kern | CA | n1/2s10t29sr28e in shale | Miocene | Monterey | Myliobatis,Squatina | CA0131 | ||
| Paso Creek | Kern | CA | Miocene | Round Mountain | shark-Cetorhinus | CA0132 | |||
| Phillips Ranch | Kern | CA | Miocene (Hemingford) | Kinnick | vertebrates-Merychippus,Moropus | CA0133 | CAUTION:Collecting vertebrate material in the US requires landowner or government permission | ||
| Ricardo | Kern | CA | Miocene | Dove Spring | Mammal Fossils | CA0134 | |||
| San Emigdio Canyon | Kern | CA | on E side in lower bluffs in nw1/4s16t10nr21E | Oligocene | San Emigdio | Siphonalia | CA0135 | ||
| Sharktooth Hill | Kern | CA | In S25t28sr28e in beds | Miocene | Temblor | birds-Puffinis,Moris(Gannet),Presbychen;Allodesmus | CA0136 | ||
| Tehachapi | Kern | CA | Tehachapi Fauna 35-14N 118-14W | Miocene Middle | 70 Species of Plants | CA0137 | |||
| Tejon Hills | Kern | CA | at S end of San Joaquin Valley | Protohippus | CA0138 | ||||
| Tejon Hills | Kern | CA | on W side of Comanche Creek in nw1/4s13t32sr29w | Miocene Upper | Santa Margarita | Pecten | CA0139 | ||
| Avenal | Kings | CA | 8 km E and 2 km S in Arroyo Bifido area SE of s35t21sr17e | Pliocene | San Joaquin | mollusks,bryozoa | CA0141 | ||
| Avenal | Kings | CA | 8 km E and 2 km S in La Ceja area SW of s35t21sr17e | Pliocene | San Joaquin | mollusks,microfossils | CA0142 | ||
| Avenal | Kings | CA | In Big Tar Canyon in S7T23SR17E | Pliocene | Etchegoin | abundant sand dollars,bryozoa,Balanus (barnacle) | CA0143 | ||
| Avenal | Kings | CA | On first high hill in Big Tar Canyon in S8T23SR17E | Pliocene | Etchegoin | mollusks | CA0144 | ||
| Avenal | Kings | CA | On first high hill on left in Big Tar Canyon in S8T23SR17E | Pliocene | Etchegoin | mollusks | CA0145 | ||
| Avenal | Kings | CA | at Double Hill in NE1/4s2t22sr17E in hill top exposure | Pliocene | Etchegoin | mollusks,echinoderms | CA0146 | ||
| Kettleman Hills | Kings | CA | Pliocene Middle | San Joaquin | Pelecypods,echinoids | CA0147 | |||
| Kettleman Hills | Kings | CA | ‘Navy Pipeline Locality’. In extensive exposures of 3-6m thick fossil bed Permission required from Chevron Oil Company in Bakersfield | Pliocene | Tulare|San Joaquin|Etchegoin | abundant,well preserved mollusks,sand dollars-Dendraster;fish tumors;mammals-beaver | CA0148 | http://members.aol.com/Waucoba5/kh/kettlefieldtrip.html | |
| – | Kings,Kern | CA | Echinoderm,Dendraster | CA0149 | |||||
| Grizzly Canyon Rd | Lake | CA | Near divide between Burns Valley and Cache Creek N fork | Pliocene | Anodonta,Valvata | CA0150 | |||
| Herndon Creek | Lake | CA | Turritella | CA0151 | |||||
| Lower Lake | Lake | CA | Eocene | Martinez (California) | Modiolus | CA0152 | |||
| Lower Lake | Lake | CA | 400 meters Ene1/4s11t12Nr7w | Eocene | Martinez (California) | Macrocallista,Tellina,Fusus,Meretrix,Yoldia,Phacoides,Ostrea,Macrocallista,Paphia | CA0153 | ||
| Puta Creek | Lake | CA | type locality | Jurassic | Knoxville | Aucella,Arca | CA0154 | ||
| Susanville | Lassen | CA | 12 km SW on slope above Gold Creek in Eocene gold bearing gravels | Eocene | fossil plants Oreodaphne(Sassafras) | CA0155 | |||
| Susanville | Lassen | CA | 40-30n 120-40W | Eocene Middle | 22 species of plants | CA0156 | |||
| Benedict Canyon | Los Angeles | CA | S27,S34T1NR10W | Miocene | Modelo | Forams,fish scales | CA0157 | ||
| Calabasas | Los Angeles | CA | 5 km S along Topanga-Dry Canyon Rd | Miocene | Vaqueros | ? | CA0158 | ||
| Calabasas | Los Angeles | CA | Old Topanga Canyon Rd. From Summit down hill in many exposures [This exposure is almost certainly Topanga Formation,not Vaqueros] | Miocene | Vaqueros? | ? | CA0159 | ||
| El Sereno | Los Angeles | CA | area exposures | Miocene | Puente | plants — Willow,Oak,Magnolia. Fish Scales,Invertebrates in diatomite and mudstone. | CA0160 | ||
| Elsmere Canyon | Los Angeles | CA | Pliocene | Turris,Astrodapsis,Cancellaria,Chione | CA0161 | ||||
| Exposition Park | Los Angeles | CA | LA County Museum,Good displays of Rancho La Brea fossils | Pleistocene | ? | CA0162 | |||
| Glendora | Los Angeles | CA | Miocene | Topanga | stomatopod crustacea | CA0587 | |||
| Hancock Park | Los Angeles | CA | at corner of La Brea Blvd and Wilshire Blvd – La Brea Tar Pits. Pleistocene mammals. Displayed in Museum. No collecting | Pleistocene | Teratornis,Breameryx,Megalonyx,Nothrotherium,Tremarctotherium,Mammuthus,Mammut,Camelops,Equus,Smilodon,Canis,Felis,Many modern forms. | CA0164 | |||
| La Brea Tar Pits | Los Angeles | CA | Tar beds | Pleistocene | Insects – Coleoptera | CA0165 | |||
| Lomita | Los Angeles | CA | Lomita quarry near intersection of Hawthorne Blvd and Wilmington Blvd. | Pleistocene | Cassidulina | CA0166 | |||
| Long Beach | Los Angeles | CA | at Signal Hill | Pleistocene | mollusks | CA0167 | |||
| Los Angeles | Los Angeles | CA | 3rd Street Tunnel | Pliocene | Mancalla | CA0168 | |||
| Los Angeles | Los Angeles | CA | Corner of 4th and Broadway | Astrangia(a coral),Borsonia,Pecten,Siphonalia(a whelk),Turris,Cancellaria | CA0169 | ||||
| Malibu Canyon | Los Angeles | CA | nw1/4 s19tt1sr17W | Miocene | Vaqueros | Purpura|Tegula | CA0170 | ||
| Mint Canyon | Los Angeles | CA | se1/4s30t5nr14w | Tertiary | Mint Canyon | Miolabis(A camel) | CA0171 | ||
| Newhall | Los Angeles | CA | Elsmere Canyon | Pliocene | ? | CA0172 | |||
| Newhall Ranch | Los Angeles | CA | area exposures | Miocene | Modelo | fish,birds,mollusks,plants | CA0173 | ||
| Newhall Ranch | Los Angeles | CA | area exposures | Miocene-Pliocene | Towsley | vertebrates,invertebrates | CA0174 | ||
| Pacific Palisades | Los Angeles | CA | In Temescal (Long Wharf)Canyon. | Pleistocene | Ischnochiton,Leptochiton | CA0175 | |||
| Pacific Palisades | Los Angeles | CA | in Temescal Canyon | Pliocene | ? | CA0176 | |||
| Palos Verde Hills | Los Angeles | CA | area exposures | marine Vertebrates | CA0177 | ||||
| Palos Verdes | Los Angeles | CA | In George F Canyon in Sandstone lens | Miocene | Monterey | 55 species of mollusks | CA0178 | ||
| Pasadena | Los Angeles | CA | In South Pasadena | Miocene | Topanga | stomatopod crustacea | CA0588 | ||
| Pierce College | Los Angeles | CA | Shark teeth,marine vertebrates | CA0180 | |||||
| Playa del Rey | Los Angeles | CA | Vertebrate Fossils | CA0181 | |||||
| Playa del Rey | Los Angeles | CA | No modern references to this site. Presumably lost to development in the 1960s or so | Pleistocene | Shark Teeth | CA0182 | |||
| Point Fermin | Los Angeles | CA | Callistochiton | CA0183 | |||||
| Point Fermin | Los Angeles | CA | In shale exposures above beach | whale bones,petrified wood | CA0184 | ||||
| Rancho La Brea | Los Angeles | CA | Wilshire Blvd,In Pleistocene tar pits | Pleistocene | many genera of mammals and birds. Smilodon,Canis,Teratornis | CA0185 | |||
| San Pedro | Los Angeles | CA | vertebrate fossils | CA0186 | |||||
| San Pedro | Los Angeles | CA | Crayfish Georges’s in road cut at intersection of 22nd St and Marina Drive | Pleistocene | San Pedro | very diverse mollusks in 30cm bed. | CA0187 | ||
| San Pedro | Los Angeles | CA | In bank below Harbor freeway near Gibson Blvd | Pleistocene | San Pedro sand |Palos Verdes sand | abundant mollusks. | CA0188 | ||
| San Pedro | Los Angeles | CA | In lower part of city in Pleistocene exposures in road cuts | Pleistocene | oysters,clams,scallops,mussels,sand dollars | CA0189 | |||
| San Pedro | Los Angeles | CA | at Berth 73 near the intersection of 22nd St and Signal St in San Pedro (Timms Point Silt Member) | Pleistocene | San Pedro | fossils? | CA0190 | ||
| San Pedro | Los Angeles | CA | downtown on 2nd Street | Pleistocene | Timms Point | mollusks,68 species of fish | CA0191 | ||
| San Pedro | Los Angeles | CA | in E San Pedro at Timms Point | Pleistocene | Timms Point | mollusks | CA0192 | ||
| San Pedro | Los Angeles | CA | in area marine outcrops | Pleistocene | ? | CA0193 | |||
| San Pedro | Los Angeles | CA | near Bay end | Cerithiopsis | CA0194 | ||||
| Santa Monica | Los Angeles | CA | Vertebrate fossils | CA0195 | |||||
| Santa Monica Mountains | Los Angeles | CA | Cretaceous | ammonites. | CA0196 | ||||
| Santa Monica Mountains | Los Angeles | CA | Along Dixie Canyon Avenue S34T1NR15W??,CA in very extensive exposures | Miocene | Modelo | diatoms | CA0197 | ||
| Santa Monica Mountains | Los Angeles | CA | Along Mullholland Drive near Las Virgines Drive in shales and sandstones | Miocene | Topanga | fossils | CA0198 | ||
| Santa Monica Mountains | Los Angeles | CA | Along trail W of Tapia Park | Miocene | Topanga | Mollusk molds and fossils | CA0589 | ||
| Santa Monica Mountains | Los Angeles | CA | In roadcut on Mulholland Drive just E of I405 | Miocene | Monterey | Fish fossils | CA0590 | ||
| Santa Monica Mountains | Los Angeles | CA | In roadcuts on Mulholland Drive E of I405 | Miocene | Topanga | Mollusks,marine vertebrate bones | CA0591 | ||
| Santa Monica Mountains | Los Angeles | CA | On Mullholland Drive E of San Diego Freeway near Fire Station | Miocene | fossil fish | CA0202 | |||
| Santa Monica Mountains | Los Angeles | CA | On North slopes in shales | Miocene | Modelo | occasional well preserved small fish | CA0203 | ||
| Santa Monica Mountains | Los Angeles | CA | Sepulveda Canyon N of Mullholland Drive | Miocene | Modelo | fish-Lampanyctus | CA0204 | ||
| Soledad Pass | Los Angeles | CA | ne1/4s31t5nr12w | Vertebrates,Etringus,Rogenio[?] | CA0205 | No citations for ‘Rogenio (bowersi)’ 050522 | |||
| Spanish Bight San Pedro | Los Angeles | CA | 14.4 km NE of intersection of Gaffey and Channel. | Pleistocene Upper | Palos Verdes Sand | 150 taxa of marine invertebrates. | CA0206 | Surely Spanish Bight was in San Diego Bay and was filled in 1941 | |
| Timms Point – LA harbor | Los Angeles | CA | Cassidulina | CA0207 | |||||
| Topanga Canyon | Los Angeles | CA | in roadcuts on Old Topanga Canyon road E of Mulholland drive | Miocene | Topanga | gastropods and pelecypods | CA0208 | ||
| Topanga Canyon Village | Los Angeles | CA | W on Saddle Peak many fossiliferous exposures | Miocene | Topanga | ? | CA0209 | ||
| West Covina | Los Angeles | CA | San Jose Hills | Miocene | Modelo | fish-Bathylagus,Ganolytes?,Lampanyctus?,Plectrites? | CA0210 | ||
| White’s Point | Los Angeles | CA | Pleistocene | Cerithiopsis | CA0211 | ||||
| Woodland Hills | Los Angeles | CA | area road cuts | Cretaceous | ? | CA0212 | |||
| Bolinas | Marin | CA | In Sea Cliff on beach | Pliocene | Nassa | CA0213 | |||
| Bolinas Bay | Marin | CA | se1/4s24t1nr8w | Miocene | Monterey Shale | Carcharodon | CA0214 | ||
| Marin Highlands | Marin | CA | Near Golden Gate Bridge termination — generally unfossiliferous – but ammonites in at least two localities | Mesozoic | Franciscan | Ammonites | CA0215 | ||
| Millerton Pt | Marin | CA | Along NE shore of Tomales Bay between Millerton Pt and Tom’s Pt in sea cliffs | Pleistocene | Millerton | Mollusks-47 species | CA0216 | ||
| – | Marin,Sonoma | CA | between Santa Rosa Valley and Pacific Coast | Pliocene Upper | Merced | mollusks | CA0217 | ||
| Merced River | Mariposa | CA | Left Bank 400 meters below Old Benton Mill Site sw1/2s6t4sr17e – Gold Bearing Jurassic slates | Jurassic | Aucella,Pholadomya,Belemnites,Amusium | CA0218 | |||
| – | Mendocino | CA | Cretaceous | ammonites. | CA0221 | ||||
| Round Valley | Mendocino | CA | s6t21nr12w | Eocene | Capay | Turritella | CA0219 | ||
| Wallala[?] | Mendocino | CA | sw1/4s27t11nr15w | Cretaceous | Gualala[?] | Solarium,Coralliochama | CA0220 | Original says Wallala|Guala assumed to be ‘Valhalla/Gualala’ a stream in that area | |
| Gustine | Merced | CA | along hills on W side of San Joaquin Valley in gullies | Cretaceous | Moreno | pelecypods,gastropods,Plotosaurus (a mosasaur),Elasmosaurus (plesiosaurs),Pternadon,Prosaurolophus | CA0222 | ||
| Pacheco Pass | Merced | CA | At E end in se1/4s21t10sr7e | Cretaceous | Chico (CA) | Lunatia | CA0223 | ||
| Pacheco Pass Area | Merced | CA | Cretaceous | ammonites. | CA0224 | ||||
| Alturas | Modoc | CA | Alturas Fauna 41-30n 120-35W | Miocene Upper | 7 species of plants | CA0225 | |||
| Canby | Modoc | CA | Upper Cedarville-Pit River Fauna 41-22n 121-4W | Miocene Upper | 21 species of plants | CA0226 | |||
| – | Monterey | CA | Cretaceous | ammonites. | CA0233 | ||||
| Monterey | Monterey | CA | 300 meters from trail at Jack’s Peak | Leaves and shells | CA0227 | ||||
| Monterey | Monterey | CA | E,At Jacks Peak in Jacks Peak Park on Jacks Peak Rd off CA68. Take Skyline Trail 500m to Coffeyberry Trail. Best exposures on Coffeyberry Trail. No Collecting | Miocene | Aguajito | Fossil leaves,fish(rare),Decapods-Pinnixa | CA0228 | http://www.gtlsys.com/Leaves/Leaves.html | |
| Monterey | Monterey | CA | In shales down trail from West parking lot at Jack’s Peak | Shells and leaves | CA0229 | ||||
| Stone Canyon Coal Mine | Monterey | CA | 8 km NW in nw1/4s6t22sr13e | Miocene | Vaqueros | Scutella? | CA0230 | ||
| Vaqueros Canyon | Monterey | CA | Along Ridge between Vaqueros and Reliz Canyons in nw1/4s26t20sr6e | Miocene Lower | Vaqueros | Solenosteira,Mytilus | CA0231 | ||
| Vaqueros Canyon | Monterey | CA | N end of road along W side of divide | Antigonia | CA0232 | Antigonia is Antigona in the original | |||
| Knoxville | Napa | CA | On road from Reed to Royal Quicksilver mine in n1/2s34t11nr5w | Cretaceous | Knoxville | Aptychus | CA0234 | ||
| Rag Canyon | Napa | CA | Cretaceous Upper | Chico (CA) | Arca | CA0235 | |||
| Buckeye Flat Diggings | Nevada | CA | Auriferous gravels | Eocene Middle | Petrified Wood | CA0236 | |||
| Nevada City | Nevada | CA | Remington Hill Fauna 39-17n 120-45W | Miocene Upper | 32 species of plants | CA0237 | |||
| Scotts Bluff Reservoir | Nevada | CA | In a layer of chocolate clay shales at the top of the mother load beds of auriferous gravels at Sailor Flat. The fossils are of real scientific interest and should not be casually collected. Several sites on private land and in Tahoe Natl Forest | Eocene | Chalk Bluff (California) | Chalk Bluff flora. unmineralized leaves – Many Species — Cinnamon,Laurel,Sycamore,petrified wood. | CA0238 | ||
| – | Orange | CA | Numerous (at least 19) localities | Miocene | Capistrano | Abundant shark teeth | CA0260 | ||
| – | Orange | CA | exposed discontinuously along coast from Newport to San Clemente as far inland as El Toro | Pliocene | Capistrano | forams,ostracods,brachiopods,echinoids,mollusks | CA0261 | ||
| – | Orange | CA | in road cuts along the Eastern toll Road | Cretaceous | fossils from various formations | CA0262 | |||
| – | Orange | CA | in road cuts along the Eastern toll Road | Tertiary | fossils from various formations | CA0263 | |||
| Abalone Pt | Orange | CA | 4 km N 21deg E in n1/2s14t7sr9w | Miocene | Vaqueros | Modiolus | CA0239 | ||
| Carbondale | Orange | CA | At the now defunct town of Carbondale at the Mouth of Silverado Canyon in coal beds | Paleocene | Silverado (California) | plant fossils (9) | CA0240 | ||
| El Toro | Orange | CA | Miocene-Pliocene | Capistrano | forams,ostracods,echinoderms,mollusks | CA0241 | |||
| El Toro | Orange | CA | In Miocene marine vertebrates at Leisure World development. Now built over | marine vertebrates. | CA0242 | ||||
| Ladd Canyon | Orange | CA | in Limestone on East Fork | Jurassic | Bedford Canyon | a few ammonites | CA0243 | ||
| Ladd Canyon | Orange | CA | in gray Limestone | Carboniferous? | pelecypods,corals,gastropods | CA0244 | |||
| Lake Forest | Orange | CA | In dry wash | Miocene | Topanga | Pecten reef | CA0245 | ||
| McBride Canyon | Orange | CA | in Limestone near head of canyon | Jurassic | Bedford Canyon | a few ammonites | CA0246 | ||
| Mission Viejo | Orange | CA | Pliocene | Niguel | abundant sea shells | CA0247 | |||
| Newport | Orange | CA | Miocene-Pliocene | Capistrano | forams,ostracods,echinoderms,mollusks | CA0248 | |||
| Newport | Orange | CA | shell beds in ravines | Pleistocene | ? | CA0249 | |||
| Newport Bay | Orange | CA | Probable Newport Formation | Pliocene | Newport (California)? | Vertebrate fossils | CA0250 | ||
| Newport Beach | Orange | CA | In cliffs along CA1 | Pleistocene | Palos Verdes Sand | fossils? | CA0251 | ||
| Newport Beach | Orange | CA | on private land not currently accessible | Pliocene | Newport (California) | seashells,vertebrate and sea bird fossils. | CA0252 | ||
| Plano Trabuco | Orange | CA | W end e1/2s28t6sr7w | Miocene Lower | Vaqueros | Turritella | CA0253 | ||
| San Clemente | Orange | CA | N along coast | Miocene-Pliocene | Capistrano | forams,ostracods,echinoderms,mollusks | CA0254 | ||
| San Joaquin Hills | Orange | CA | In exposures on West side of hills | Miocene | Topanga | Whale bones,shark teeth,partial shark skeletons,etc | CA0592 | ||
| Santa Ana Mountains | Orange | CA | Cretaceous | ammonites. | CA0256 | ||||
| Santiago Canyon | Orange | CA | sw1/4s8t5sr7w | Pectunculus,Pholadomya | CA0257 | ||||
| Silverado Canyon | Orange | CA | left side in basal conglomerate 300m above Sea Level sw1/4s8t5sr7w | Trigonarca | CA0258 | ||||
| Silverado Canyon | Orange | CA | ns1/4s17t5sr7w | Schloenbachia | CA0259 | ||||
| Colfax | Placer | CA | At Chalk Bluffs 39-15n 120-52W | Eocene Lower | 71 species of plants | CA0264 | |||
| – | Plumas | CA | Mohawk Fauna 39-46n 120-38W | Miocene Middle | 13 species of plants | CA0276 | |||
| LaPorte | Plumas | CA | 39-42n 120W | Oligocene Lower | 41 species of plants | CA0265 | |||
| Mount Jura | Plumas | CA | In Hinchman Ravine N toward Mt Jura | Trigonia | CA0266 | ‘Papilliceras’=’Sonninia’ | |||
| Mount Jura | Plumas | CA | N Slope | Lima | CA0267 | ||||
| Mount Jura | Plumas | CA | NW of Mount Jura near Deadfall Lane | Gervillia | CA0268 | ||||
| Mount Jura | Plumas | CA | SW Slope | Glyphaea | CA0269 | ‘Glyphaea’ is a rare Jurassic Shrimp. The name is suspiciously close to a common fossil mollusk ‘Gryphaea’ | |||
| Mount Jura | Plumas | CA | SW of Mt Jura on slopes of Indian Creek | Pinna | CA0270 | ||||
| Mount Jura | Plumas | CA | SW slope in ravine in SW1/4s36t26nr10e | Jurassic | Mormon | Papilliceras,Ornithella | CA0271 | ||
| Mount Jura | Plumas | CA | many area exposures | ? | CA0272 | ||||
| Taylorsville | Plumas | CA | 4 km SSE along banks of Montgomery Creek Sw1/4s11t26nr10e | Silurian | Montgomery (California) Limestone | Stromatopora,Zaphrentis,Heliotis,Syringopora,Halysites,Orthis,Ormoceras | CA0273 | ||
| Taylorsville | Plumas | CA | 5 km NE in S fork of Foreman’s Ravine ne1/4s30t26nr11e | Jurassic | Foreman | Trigonia | CA0274 | ||
| Taylorsville | Plumas | CA | on Mt Jura above County Park | Jurassic | Hardgrave[?] Sandstone | Mollusks and leaves | CA0275 | There is a county park on the lower slope of Mt Jura about 500m East of Taylorsville. Haven’t found a description of the rock sequence there | |
| Elsinore | Riverside | CA | at NW end of San Jacinto Mountains | Pliocene | Mount Eden | Fossil Plants | CA0277 | ||
| Elsinore Quadrangle | Riverside | CA | sw1/4s24t3sr2w | Pliocene Lower | Mount Eden | Pliohippus,Procamelus,Pliauchenia,Prosthennops,Hypolagus,Hyaenarctos,Trilophodon(a mastodon) | CA0278 | ||
| Riverside | Riverside | CA | Mount Eden | vertebrates-Texoceros | CA0279 | Formation is said to be well exposed S of Beaumont at West end of San Gorgonio Pass. CAUTION:Collecting vertebrate material in the US requires landowner or government permission | |||
| San Gorgonio Pass | Riverside | CA | 2 km W of Thousand Palms Canyon | Pliocene | Imperial | fossils | CA0280 | ||
| San Jacinto | Riverside | CA | Bautista Creek area | vertebrates,Tapirus | CA0281 | CAUTION:Collecting vertebrate material in the US requires landowner or government permission | |||
| San Jacinto | Riverside | CA | sw1/4sw1/4s25t5sr1e | Pleistocene | Bautista | Equus | CA0282 | ||
| Whitewater Canyon | Riverside | CA | In E wall of Canyon near mouth | Pliocene | Imperial | fossils? | CA0283 | ||
| Willis Palms | Riverside | CA | 2 km W of Thousand Palms Canyon | Pliocene | Imperial | fossils | CA0284 | ||
| Winchester | Riverside | CA | SE in magnesite quarry in marble | Carboniferous | a single fossil | CA0285 | |||
| Alexander Hills | San Bernardino | CA | Nannofossils in 12.Ma-1.4Ma stromatolites and algal mats in partially silicified dolomites | Precambrian | Beck Springs Dolomite | Algae-numerous taxa | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-3360%28197807%2952%3A4%3C767%3ABOTLPB%3E2.0.CO%3B2-W&size=SMALL&origin=JSTOR-reducePage | ||
| Baker | San Bernardino | CA | Petrified Palm Wood somewhere in region. | CA0286 | |||||
| Baker | San Bernardino | CA | Small hills next to the I15 access road | Permian | Bird Spring | Brachiopods | CA0287 | ||
| Baldwin Lake | San Bernardino | CA | NE in Limestone | Mississippian | Furnace | Dictyoclostus,Spirifer,Caninia | CA0288 | ||
| Barstow | San Bernardino | CA | Miocene | Barstow | Mammal Reference Location | CA0289 | |||
| Barstow | San Bernardino | CA | Miocene Upper | Barstow | Mammal Fossils | CA0290 | |||
| Barstow | San Bernardino | CA | Miocene? | Barstow | mammal Fossils | CA0291 | |||
| Barstow | San Bernardino | CA | 15 km NW in e1/2s32t11nr2w | Miocene | Barstow | Merychippus | CA0292 | ||
| Barstow | San Bernardino | CA | 18 km N of Black Mountain | Cretaceous | typical fossils | CA0293 | Unlikely that this is Cretaceous. If marine,is probably Paleozoic or Triassic. If terrestrial,probably Miocene or quaternary. | ||
| Barstow | San Bernardino | CA | SW1/4s31t11nr1e | Miocene | Mojave | Parahippus and other vertebrates. | CA0294 | CAUTION:Collecting vertebrate material in the US requires landowner or government permission | |
| Barstow | San Bernardino | CA | n1/2s33t11nr2w | Miocene | Barstow | Merychippus | CA0295 | CAUTION:Collecting vertebrate material in the US requires landowner or government permission | |
| Barstow | San Bernardino | CA | nw1/4s6t11nr1e | Miocene | Mojave | Merycodus | CA0296 | CAUTION:Collecting vertebrate material in the US requires landowner or government permission | |
| Barstow | San Bernardino | CA | sw1/4s31t11nr1w | Miocene | Mojave | Alticamelus | CA0297 | CAUTION:Collecting vertebrate material in the US requires landowner or government permission | |
| Bassett Point | San Bernardino | CA | In extensive badlands exposed below point. I15 to Harvard off Ramp,East 5.3 km,Right across tracks,Straight 500 meters,Left 3.2 km,Left 650 meters to Parking area. Collecting is by BLM permit only. | Pleistocene Upper | Manix | Fossils include 21 species of mammals including camels,horses,sloths,several carnivores and mammoth. There are 5 species of ostracods,11 mollusks,2 fish,a turtle,and 25 species of birds. | CA0298 | Collecting is by BLM permit only. | |
| Cadiz | San Bernardino | CA | 2 km N 28 degrees E on N side of Canyon in green-gray shale | Cambrian | Latham | Paedeumias | CA0299 | ||
| Cadiz | San Bernardino | CA | 3 km ENE in SE extremity of Marble Mountains | Cambrian | Cadiz Shale | Corynexochus,Bathyuriscus,Anomocarella,Acrocephalites | CA0300 | ||
| Cadiz | San Bernardino | CA | A small hill North of the Ship Mountains SE of Cadiz CA | Permian | Bird Spring | Brachiopods | CA0301 | ||
| Cady Mountains | San Bernardino | CA | SW side of range 24 km E of Newberry | Miocene | Oreodonts,Camels,Mustelids,Carnivores | CA0302 | |||
| Cajon Pass | San Bernardino | CA | in marine beds | Cretaceous Upper | Plesiosaur bones | CA0303 | |||
| Chambless | San Bernardino | CA | 5 km NE S Slope in buff Limestone | Cambrian | Dolichometopus | CA0304 | |||
| Chambless | San Bernardino | CA | 5 km NE in Limestone Ridge W side ne1/4s20t6nr14e | Cambrian | Latham | Mesonacis | CA0305 | ‘Mesonacis’ is apparently a synonym for ‘Olenellus’ | |
| Hector | San Bernardino | CA | 6.5 km N on SW side of Cady Mountains | vertebrates – camels,carnivores,Oreodonts | CA0306 | CAUTION:Collecting vertebrate material in the US requires landowner or government permission | |||
| Hinkley | San Bernardino | CA | 18 km NE in nw1/4s4t10nr1w | Miocene Upper | Barstow | Eutamias(chipmunk),Peromyscus(deer mouse) | CA0307 | ||
| Kelso | San Bernardino | CA | 6 km E on trail from Tough Nut Mine to mine Workings | Cambrian Lower | Mesonacis | CA0308 | |||
| Kelso | San Bernardino | CA | Northwest | Cambrian | Latham | ? | CA0309 | ||
| Kingston Range | San Bernardino | CA | Nannofossils in 12.Ma-1.4Ma stromatolites and algal mats in partially silicified dolomites | Precambrian | Beck Springs Dolomite | Algae-numerous taxa | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-3360%28197807%2952%3A4%3C767%3ABOTLPB%3E2.0.CO%3B2-W&size=SMALL&origin=JSTOR-reducePage | ||
| Kingston Range? | San Bernardino | CA | In a chert layer | Proterozoic | Beck Springs Dolomite | Bacteria | CA0310 | ||
| Marble Mountains | San Bernardino | CA | 16 km East of Amboy. East side of Range at the Southern tip | Cambrian Lower | Chambless | trilobites,other fossils | CA0311 | ||
| Marble Mountains | San Bernardino | CA | 16 km East of Amboy. East side of Range at the Southern tip | Cambrian Lower | Latham | trilobites,other fossils | CA0312 | ||
| Marble Mountains | San Bernardino | CA | 16 km East of Amboy. East side of Range at the Southern tip | Cambrian Middle | Cadiz Shale | trilobites,other fossils | CA0313 | ||
| Marble Mountains | San Bernardino | CA | East of Amboy,North of old US 66 below highest peak in range | Cambrian | ? | CA0314 | |||
| Marble Mountains | San Bernardino | CA | East of Amboy,West side of Range about 1 km N of South end of range | Cambrian | Latham | ? | CA0315 | ||
| Mojave Desert | San Bernardino | CA | A various locations-Barstow-North End,Black Hill,Camp Quarry,Chert Ridge,Deep Quarry,Hidden Hollow,Leader Quarry,May Day Quarry,Ness Quarry,New Hope Quarry,New Years Quarry,Old Mill Quarry … | Miocene (Barstow) | Barstow | vertebrates–bird bones,many mammal taxa | CA0316 | CAUTION:Collecting vertebrate material in the US requires landowner or government permission | See Barstow sites at http://paleo.amnh.org/fossil/rock.html for more details. |
| Mojave Desert | San Bernardino | CA | in nodules deposited in 125 sites along 480 km of ancient lakes. | Miocene | Briones|Cierbo | plants and silicified insects | CA0317 | ||
| Mountain Pass | San Bernardino | CA | Jurassic | Aztec | Dinosaur tracks | CA0318 | |||
| Newberry | San Bernardino | CA | 22.4 km E in Hector Fm on SW side of Cady Mountains,6.4 km N of Hector siding on AT+SF RR | Oreodonts,Camelids,Mustelids,carnivores. | CA0319 | ||||
| Providence Mountains | San Bernardino | CA | At Providence Mine in se1/2s17t11nr14w | Cambrian Lower | Paedeumias | CA0320 | |||
| Providence Mountains | San Bernardino | CA | East of Kelso,In strip along W side of range | Cambrian | ? | CA0321 | |||
| Rainbow Basin | San Bernardino | CA | Miocene | Barstow | Horse bones,camel tracks | CA0322 | |||
| Salt Spring Hills | San Bernardino | CA | Cambrian Lower | Wood Canyon | Volborthella | CA0323 | |||
| Salt Spring Hills | San Bernardino | CA | North of Baker,CA | Cambrian | Latham | ? | CA0324 | ||
| San Gorgonio Pass | San Bernardino | CA | to East | Pleistocene | Mammuthus bones and teeth | CA0325 | |||
| Victorville | San Bernardino | CA | E in Limestone Conglomerate | Pennsylvanian-Permian | brachiopod-Meekela;mollusk-Heritschia;gastropod-Omphalotrochus? | CA0326 | |||
| Yermo | San Bernardino | CA | 8 km N in SE part of Calico Mountains 500 meters E of Mule Canyon Road. Disk shaped concretions (button beds) in petroliferous Limestone | Miocene | small silicified insects,spiders,fairy shrimp,etc. | CA0327 | |||
| Yermo | San Bernardino | CA | 8km E | Miocene (Barstow) | Barstow | bird bones,Aepycamelinae,Merriamoceros,Merychenia,Merychippus,Pliolabis,Pseudaelurus,Rakomeryx | CA0328 | See Barstow sites at http://paleo.amnh.org/fossil/rock.html for more details. | |
| – | San Diego | CA | Cretaceous Upper | mollusks,brachiopods,forams. ammonites: W and S ends of Pt Loma | CA0414 | ||||
| Chula Vista | San Diego | CA | 5 km E in fossil canyon | Pliocene | San Diego | ? | CA0329 | ||
| Cockatoo Grove | San Diego | CA | just W | Pliocene | San Diego | Pecten,Dendraster | CA0330 | ||
| Coronado | San Diego | CA | at Spanish Bight | Pleistocene | Pecten,Arca,shark teeth | CA0331 | |||
| Coyote Mountain | San Diego | CA | near Dos Cabezos Springs | Pliocene | Carrizo (California) | Coral-Madrepora[?] | CA0332 | ‘Madrippora’ in the original | |
| Del Mar | San Diego | CA | in isolated outcrops NE and SE of town | Jurassic | Bedford Canyon | Buchia piochii | CA0333 | ||
| False Pt | San Diego | CA | at S end of La Jolla business district | Cretaceous | ? | CA0334 | |||
| Grantville | San Diego | CA | nearby in bank of San Diego River | Eocene | excellent vertebrate fossils | CA0335 | |||
| La Jolla | San Diego | CA | pelecypod Pitar | CA0336 | |||||
| La Jolla | San Diego | CA | 1 km N of Scripps Institute near top of Sea Cliff | Eocene | Ardath|Scripps | Fossils | CA0337 | ||
| La Jolla | San Diego | CA | N side of Mt Soledad | Cretaceous | ? | CA0338 | |||
| La Jolla | San Diego | CA | at beach | Pleistocene | Pecten,Arca,shark teeth | CA0339 | |||
| La Mesa | San Diego | CA | to North in area excavations | Eocene | Poway Conglomerate | vertebrate fossils | CA0340 | ||
| Mount Soledad | San Diego | CA | North side | Cretaceous | mollusks,brachiopods,forams,ammonites | CA0341 | |||
| Murray Canyon | San Diego | CA | Old Fenton Materials Company Quarry | Eocene | excellent foraminifers | CA0342 | |||
| Oceanside | San Diego | CA | At Ocean Ranch industrial park in marine and non-marine beds | Eocene | Santiago | Crustacea-shrimp,crabs;sand dollars,mollusks,fossil fish,shark and ray teeth,gastropods,mammal bones-Metarhinus | CA0343 | Material is probably inaccessible,but future development may expose similar beds in area | |
| Oceanside | San Diego | CA | In Road Cuts on S side of San Luis Rey River just E of I5 at Hill Street Off Ramp. One shark tooth Isurus found in float. Possibly eroded from overlying San Mateo Creek Formation when area was actively quarried. | Miocene | San Onofre Breccia | shark tooth | CA0344 | The Hill Street ramp was removed in the 1980s. CA78 was subsequently run through this general area | |
| PT Loma | San Diego | CA | at a locality on S end of point other than the southern tip | Cretaceous | cephalopods | CA0345 | |||
| Pacific Beach | San Diego | CA | in Canyon 500 meters W of mouth of Rose Canyon | Pliocene | San Diego | Pecten | CA0346 | ||
| Pacific Beach | San Diego | CA | in concretions in exposures N of Tourmaline St Surfing Park | Eocene | fossils | CA0347 | |||
| Poway Pipeline Two | San Diego | CA | Eocene | Friars | Mammal Fossils | CA0348 | |||
| Pt Loma | San Diego | CA | In crevices and holes along the West side of the Pt Loma Peninsula in San Diego | Recent | many genera of mollusks | CA0349 | |||
| Pt Loma | San Diego | CA | Southern and Western shore | Cretaceous | mollusks,brachiopods,forams,ammonites | CA0350 | |||
| Pt Loma | San Diego | CA | at NE end of peninsula | Eocene | Rose Canyon | a few fossils | CA0351 | ||
| Pt Loma | San Diego | CA | in gray shale at base of cliffs at extreme South end of the point | Cretaceous | Baculites,plants,forams,pelecypods,gastropods,cephalopods,brachiopods | CA0352 | |||
| Rose Canyon | San Diego | CA | Eocene | mollusks | CA0353 | ||||
| Rose Canyon | San Diego | CA | SE of Mt Soledad and N of Ladrillo RR Station nw1/4s30t15sr3w | Eocene | Rose Canyon Shale | Lucina,Mitra | CA0354 | Ladrillo RR Station no longer exists | |
| Rose Canyon | San Diego | CA | SE of Mt Soledad and N of Ladrillo RR Station sw1/2s30t15sr3w | Eocene | Rose Canyon Shale | Pecten,Fusinus,Natica,Corbula | CA0355 | Ladrillo RR Station no longer exists | |
| San Diego | San Diego | CA | Pliocene | San Diego | Mollusks | CA0356 | |||
| San Diego | San Diego | CA | 1 km E of I5 in S wall of Tecalote Creek NW of University of San Diego | fossils | CA0357 | ||||
| San Diego | San Diego | CA | 100 meters N of Friars Road in lower part of cliffs about 1 km E of San Diego Union High School | Eocene | Friars | fossils | CA0358 | ||
| San Diego | San Diego | CA | At Curtis St and also at Dumas Street | Pleistocene | Ostrea bed | CA0359 | |||
| San Diego | San Diego | CA | At Sunset Cliffs park along top of sea cliff | Pleistocene | Bay Point | tide pool mollusks | CA0360 | ||
| San Diego | San Diego | CA | At base of bluff at foot of 26th St (reportedly now buried by dredging operations | Pleistocene | mollusks | CA0361 | |||
| San Diego | San Diego | CA | At intersection of 34th St and Tompkins St | Pliocene | San Diego | Ostrea | CA0362 | ||
| San Diego | San Diego | CA | At low elevations around Mission Bay and in the low lying area between Old Town and the Pt Loma Peninsula at San Diego | Recent | mollusk shells | CA0363 | |||
| San Diego | San Diego | CA | In S wall of Los Penasquitos Canyon just E of I5 near base and also near top | Eocene | Ardath | fossils | CA0364 | ||
| San Diego | San Diego | CA | In W wall of Soledad Canyon 1 km S of Los Penasquitos Canyon just W of I5 near top | Eocene | Ardath|Scripps | fossils | CA0365 | ||
| San Diego | San Diego | CA | In banks of San Diego River near Friars Road and Ulric Street | Eocene | Excellent vertebrate fossils | CA0366 | |||
| San Diego | San Diego | CA | In cliffs on Reagents-Claremont Mesa Road | Eocene | Scripps | fossils | CA0367 | ||
| San Diego | San Diego | CA | In lower part of cliffs about 300 meters S of San Diego Union High School | Eocene | Scripps | fossils | CA0368 | ||
| San Diego | San Diego | CA | In silt at bottom of ravine in Kate Sessions Botanical Park (in Balboa Park?) | Pliocene? | San Diego? | Pecten | CA0369 | ||
| San Diego | San Diego | CA | On Market Street 200 meters E of Euclid Avenue | Pliocene | San Diego | Pecten | CA0370 | ||
| San Diego | San Diego | CA | S of West end of Cabrillo Bridge in Balboa Park | Pliocene | San Diego | Dosinia | CA0371 | ||
| San Diego | San Diego | CA | Upper Section of Sea Cliffs from Imperial Beach to Pacific Beach | Pleistocene | Livermore? | Mollusks | CA0372 | ||
| San Diego | San Diego | CA | at top of mesa at N end of Mt Carol St | Eocene | Friars | fossils | CA0373 | ||
| San Diego | San Diego | CA | at Balboa Park | Pleistocene | Pecten,Arca,shark teeth | CA0374 | |||
| San Diego | San Diego | CA | at Pt Loma | Cretaceous | primitive abalone | CA0375 | |||
| San Diego | San Diego | CA | at Pt Loma on terrace about 13 meters above modern sea level in two beds | Pleistocene Upper | abalone,other mollusks | CA0376 | |||
| San Diego | San Diego | CA | at government jetty Pleistocene | Pleistocene | Cerithiopsis | CA0377 | |||
| San Diego | San Diego | CA | at top of mesa at N end of Mt Carol St | Eocene | Friars | Fossils | CA0378 | ||
| San Diego | San Diego | CA | in Cabrillo Canyon in Balboa Park | Pliocene | San Diego | Merrimaster | CA0379 | ||
| San Diego | San Diego | CA | in Cabrillo Heights Park near N end of Murray Canyon about 700 meters S of I15 – Aero Drive junction | Eocene | Mission Valley | fossils | CA0380 | ||
| San Diego | San Diego | CA | in Ocean bluff partially buried | Pleistocene | diverse mollusks,crustacea | CA0381 | |||
| San Diego | San Diego | CA | in Pliocene San Diego Fm | Pliocene | San Diego | Mollusks | CA0382 | ||
| San Diego | San Diego | CA | in cliff in S wall of wash 1 km NW of Linda Vista School | Eocene | Scripps | Fossils | CA0383 | ||
| San Diego | San Diego | CA | in excavations at corner of India and Upas Streets | Pliocene | San Diego | Pecten | CA0384 | ||
| San Diego | San Diego | CA | in low RR cut E of Mission Bay between Moreno Blvd and I5 | Pleistocene | Bay Point | ? | CA0385 | ||
| San Diego | San Diego | CA | in low RR cuts adjacent to I5 in Pacific Beach area. | Pleistocene Upper | Bay Point | Large and abundant invertebrates | CA0386 | ||
| San Diego | San Diego | CA | in road cut below Mercy Hospital | Pliocene | San Diego | fossils | CA0387 | ||
| San Diego | San Diego | CA | in roadcut 300 meters SW of junction of Alamo Dr and Center St | Pliocene | San Diego | Echinoids-Dendraster;Gastropods-Acanthina | CA0388 | ||
| San Diego | San Diego | CA | in terrace deposits at S ends of grounds of Pt Loma College | Pleistocene | 50 or so species of mollusks,Chiton | CA0389 | |||
| San Diego | San Diego | CA | in upper part of cliffs along Pacific and Imperial Beaches | Pleistocene | mollusks | CA0390 | |||
| San Diego | San Diego | CA | in walls of Rose Canyon S of Ardath Road overpass over I5 | Eocene | Ardath | fossils | CA0391 | ||
| San Diego | San Diego | CA | near top of mesa 400 meters S of end of Murray Ridge Road | Eocene | Mission Valley | Fossils | CA0392 | ||
| San Marcos | San Diego | CA | roadcut on CA78 5.5 km NW of San Marcos | Eocene | mollusks,ostracods | CA0393 | |||
| San Ysidro | San Diego | CA | W of exposure of conglomerate in wall of tributary to Tia Juana River Canyon just N of Mexican border | Pliocene | San Diego | fossils | CA0394 | ||
| San Ysidro | San Diego | CA | in various localities close to the Mexican border starting at the beach and running East | Pliocene | San Diego | fossils | CA0395 | ||
| Solana Beach | San Diego | CA | in debris S of parking area on Southbound I5. | Eocene | Torrey (California) Sandstone | Oysters | CA0396 | ||
| South Las Choyas Valley | San Diego | CA | Pliocene | San Diego | fossils | CA0397 | |||
| Tecolote Creek | San Diego | CA | Eocene | fossils | CA0398 | ||||
| Tecolote Creek | San Diego | CA | Pliocene | Shark Teeth;mammal bones;Glottidia | CA0399 | ||||
| Torrey Pines | San Diego | CA | Pleistocene | Pecten,Arca,shark teeth | CA0400 | ||||
| Torrey Pines | San Diego | CA | 2 km S of Carmel Valley about 50 meters above base | Eocene | Ardath | fossils | CA0401 | ||
| Torrey Pines | San Diego | CA | 3.5 km S of Carmel Valley near top of sea cliff | Eocene | Ardath | fossils | CA0402 | ||
| Torrey Pines | San Diego | CA | 4.5 km S of Carmel Valley about 70 meters above base | Eocene | Scripps | fossils | CA0403 | ||
| Torrey Pines | San Diego | CA | Along base of sea cliffs for about 2 km starting just S of Carmel Valley | Eocene | Del Mar | fossils | CA0404 | ||
| Torrey Pines | San Diego | CA | Oyster beds in sandstones in canyons to East | Eocene | Torrey (California) Sandstone | Oysters | CA0405 | ||
| Torrey Pines | San Diego | CA | at base of beach bluff | Eocene | Rose Canyon | lignitic coal | CA0406 | ||
| Torrey Pines | San Diego | CA | in shaley bed along base of cliffs | Eocene | Torrey (California) Sandstone | poorly preserved mollusks | CA0407 | ||
| Torrey Pines State Park | San Diego | CA | Eocene | mollusks | CA0408 | ||||
| Torrey Pines State Park | San Diego | CA | No collecting | Eocene | abundant mollusks | CA0409 | |||
| Vallecito | San Diego | CA | 4 km below at Parrot’s Ferry road nw1/4s32t3nr14e in gold bearing tertiary gravels | Stylemys | CA0410 | ‘Stylemys’ is a Oligocene tortoise | |||
| Vallecito Wash | San Diego | CA | Pleistocene | Palm Springs | Turtles-Geochelone | CA0411 | |||
| Vista | San Diego | CA | 5.2 km SE in roadcut on S side CA78 | Eocene | abundant invertebrates | CA0412 | |||
| Vista | San Diego | CA | 5.2 km SE of Vista, 4.8 km NE of San Marcos on SW side of CA78 | Eocene | corals,bryozoa,mollusks,ostracods | CA0413 | |||
| Ocotillo | San Diego? | CA | Exit off I8. up Painted Gorge Road | Pliocene | Imperial | abundant fossils in bioherms | CA0415 | ‘Ocatillo’ is a fairly common alternative spelling | |
| Alcatraz Island | San Francisco | CA | Cretaceous | Franciscan | clams | CA0416 | |||
| Alcatraz Island | San Francisco | CA | Mesozoic | Franciscan | bivalve mollusks | CA0417 | |||
| San Francisco | San Francisco | CA | Cretaceous | ammonites. | CA0418 | ||||
| San Francisco | San Francisco | CA | At Baker Beach | Mesozoic | Franciscan | a few fossils | CA0419 | ||
| Alamos Creek | San Luis Obispo | CA | Headwaters of Creek (a tributary of Cuyama River, w1/2s16t31sr17e | Jurassic Upper | Franciscan | Cephalopod-Protothurmannia | CA0420 | ||
| Anderson Creek | San Luis Obispo | CA | La Panza Mountains,at transition to Temblor Formation | Oligocene-Miocene | Vaqueros | Cardium | CA0421 | ||
| Caliente Mountains | San Luis Obispo | CA | Miocene | Caliente | Vertebrate teeth | CA0422 | |||
| Carrizo Creek | San Luis Obispo | CA | at E end E-W Ridge S of road near bend in Creek | coral – Oculina | CA0423 | ||||
| La Panza Mountains | San Luis Obispo | CA | In E part of County in s1/2s4t31sr18e | Miocene Lower | Vaqueros | Thais | CA0424 | ||
| Oceanic Mine | San Luis Obispo | CA | s15t27nr9e-s21t27nr9e | Fossils replaced with cinnabar | CA0425 | ||||
| San Luis Obispo | San Luis Obispo | CA | 8 km E in Canyon de Piedra | Dosinia | CA0426 | ||||
| Santa Margarita | San Luis Obispo | CA | N in s1/2s17t29sr13e | Miocene Upper | Turritella | CA0427 | |||
| – | San Mateo | CA | 1.6 km above junction of Mindego Creek and Alpine Creek in ne1/4s24t7sr42 | Oligocene-Miocene | Vaqueros | Cardium | CA0436 | ||
| Balsa Pt | San Mateo | CA | 4 km N | Turritella | CA0428 | ||||
| Daly City | San Mateo | CA | At Mussel Rock in cliffs in interbeds in mudstone and siltstone. CA1 to Skyline Blvd to Westmoor to Skyline Drive to unnamed road along seacliff to parking area. Collecting area near parking, 2nd 800m N | Pliocene Upper | Merced Lower | Echinoderms-Scutellaster,Gastropods-Neptunea,Bivalves,petrified wood,pine cones | CA0429 | http://groups.msn.com/FossilsintheSanFranciscoBayArea/musselrocktour.msnw | |
| Moss Beach | San Mateo | CA | In brown-orange shale in sea cliffs at N end of exposure. In Fitzgerald Marine Reserve. Collecting prohibited | Pliocene Upper | Purisima | bivalves-Pecten;gastropods | CA0430 | ||
| Pigeon Pt | San Mateo | CA | 2 km N NE1/4s33t8sr5w in Blue-Gray Sandstone | Archaeopus | CA0431 | ||||
| Pillar Point | San Mateo | CA | Pliocene | Purisima | Diverse invertebrate fossils | CA0432 | |||
| San Gregorio Creek | San Mateo | CA | Pliocene | Purisima | Diverse invertebrate fossils | CA0433 | |||
| San Lorenzo River | San Mateo | CA | se1/4s14t8sr3w | Eocene Lower | Martinez (California) | Fissurella,Patella,Hipponyx,Tritonium,Semele,Cidaris | CA0434 | ||
| Tunitas Creek | San Mateo | CA | Pliocene | Purisima | Diverse invertebrate fossils | CA0435 | |||
| – | San Mateo,Santa Clara | CA | Pliocene | Purisima | Diverse invertebrate fossils | CA0437 | The original source does not indicate a County. ‘Purisima Creek’ is listed in both San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties | ||
| Buellton | Santa Barbara | CA | 5 km SW along West Nojoqui Creek | Miocene | Vaqueros | Turritella,Tritonia,Olivella,Xenophora | CA0438 | ||
| Carpinteria | Santa Barbara | CA | Fossils | CA0439 | |||||
| Carpinteria | Santa Barbara | CA | In road cuts between US101 and CA150 | Pleistocene | Gastropods | CA0440 | |||
| Cuyama Valley | Santa Barbara | CA | Miocene | Neroly | Echinoderms | CA0441 | |||
| Cuyama Valley | Santa Barbara | CA | In extensive badlands | Miocene | Caliente | Vertebrate teeth | CA0442 | ||
| Gaviota Beach State Park | Santa Barbara | CA | In steeply tilted tar soaked shales S of Fishing pier | whales,fish | CA0443 | ||||
| Gaviotito | Santa Barbara | CA | at Santa Anita Divide | Eocene-Oligocene | Matilija Sandstone | pelecypods,Macrocallista,Gari,Nemocardium,Pitar,Schedocardia; Gastropods,Turritella,Ficopsis,Ficus,Galeodea,Olequahia,Seraphs,Ectinochilus,Amaurellina | CA0444 | There doesn’t seem to be a place called Gaviotito,but there is a Gaviotito Creek in Santa Barbara County | |
| Gaviotito | Santa Barbara | CA | at Santa Rosa Hills | Eocene-Oligocene | Matilija Sandstone | pelecypods,Macrocallista,Gari,Nemocardium,Pitar,Schedocardia; Gastropods,Turritella,Ficopsis,Ficus,Galeodea,Olequahia,Seraphs,Ectinochilus,Amaurellina | CA0445 | ||
| Goleta | Santa Barbara | CA | 4 km SW at Coal Oil Pt (W of Camino Majorca Rd) | Pleistocene Upper | 116 species of invertebrates | CA0446 | |||
| Goleta | Santa Barbara | CA | 5.5 km SW in sea cliffs | 100 species | CA0447 | ||||
| Goleta | Santa Barbara | CA | Along sea cliffs between Goleta pt and Coal Oil Pt in 70 cm thick bed | Pleistocene | well over 100 species of invertebrates | CA0448 | |||
| Goleta | Santa Barbara | CA | In Sea Cliffs East of Coal Oil Point to (and past) Camino Majorca Road | Pleistocene Upper | 116 species of marine invertebrates. | CA0449 | |||
| Isla Vista | Santa Barbara | CA | In ocean bluffs | Pleistocene | mollusks | CA0450 | |||
| Isla Vista | Santa Barbara | CA | at Coal Point | Pleistocene | mollusks in sea cliff | CA0451 | |||
| Isla Vista | Santa Barbara | CA | wave terrace to west | Pleistocene Upper | mollusks | CA0452 | |||
| Jalama Canyon | Santa Barbara | CA | Cretaceous Upper | abundant fossils — abundant fossils; Calva,Glycymeris,Inoceramus,Trigonia,Volutoderma,Baculites | CA0453 | ||||
| Las Cruces | Santa Barbara | CA | West | Eocene-Oligocene | Gaviota | Pelecypods; Crassatella,Ostrea,Pecten. Tivela,Venericardia,Cardium; Gastropods Turritella,Ficus | CA0454 | ||
| Las Cruces | Santa Barbara | CA | near San Julian Ranch house | Eocene-Oligocene | Gaviota | Pelecypods; Crassatella,Ostrea,Pecten. Tivela,Venericardia,Cardium; Gastropods Turritella,Ficus | CA0455 | ||
| Lompoc | Santa Barbara | CA | sw1/4s31t7nr34w | Miocene | Evesthes(a flounder) | CA0456 | |||
| Los Olivos | Santa Barbara | CA | area exposures | fossils and minerals – jade and silica minerals | CA0457 | ||||
| New Cuyama | Santa Barbara | CA | in Branch Canyon | Miocene | Branch Canyon | pelecypods,gastropods,echinoderms,vertebrate teeth | CA0458 | ||
| Rincon Point | Santa Barbara | CA | at CA150 off ramp from CA101 | Pliocene-Pleistocene | Santa Barbara | Marine fossils. | CA0459 | ||
| Rincon Pt | Santa Barbara | CA | Pleistocene Lower | Santa Barbara | Bryozoa,Gastropods,Pecten | CA0460 | |||
| San Miguel Island | Santa Barbara | CA | South part | Miocene Lower | Vaqueros | Pecten Ostrea | CA0461 | ||
| Santa Anita Canyon | Santa Barbara | CA | Cretaceous Upper | abundant fossils; Calva,Glycymeris,Inoceramus,Trigonia,Volutoderma,Baculites | CA0462 | ||||
| Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara | CA | SW of top of Packard Hill | Pleistocene | Pecten | CA0463 | |||
| Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara | CA | marine fossils in mud flat sediments elevated 3 to 10 meters above modern beach levels. Widely exposed in region. | Pleistocene | Tresus,Macoma,Penitella,Clinocardium,Platyodon,Saxidomus,Polynices,Prothaca,Chione,Ostrea,Acmaea,Calyptraea and many other mollusks. | CA0464 | ‘Polynices’ is likely a misspelling of Polinices,the modern ‘moon snail’ | ||
| Santa Rosa Island | Santa Barbara | CA | Fossils along coast | CA0465 | |||||
| Santa Rosa Island | Santa Barbara | CA | Pecten | CA0466 | |||||
| Santa Ynez | Santa Barbara | CA | 2 km N in RR cut | Pliocene | Fernando | Bittium | CA0467 | ||
| Santa Ynez | Santa Barbara | CA | In small canyon below mission in Sandstone near shale boundary | Miocene | Ostrea,Pecten | CA0468 | |||
| Santa Ynez Mountains | Santa Barbara | CA | Eocene Upper | Coldwater (California) Sandstone[?] | Oysters | CA0469 | USGS knows nothing of an Eocene Coldwater Sandstone. | ||
| Ventucopa | Santa Barbara | CA | In Quatal Quarry | Miocene | Caliente | Vertebrate teeth | CA0470 | ||
| Ventura | Santa Barbara | CA | at Rincon Point in road cut at CA150 northbound offramp from US101 | Pliocene-Pleistocene | marine fossils | CA0471 | |||
| Del Puerte Canyon | Santa Clara | CA | Cretaceous | Moreno | wood fragments,plants | CA0472 | |||
| Diablo Hills | Santa Clara | CA | S of San Francisco | Dinosaurs – as many as 5 specimens. | CA0473 | ||||
| Milpitas | Santa Clara | CA | 4 km NE at base of foothills | Pecten | CA0474 | ||||
| Palo Alto | Santa Clara | CA | in excavations for Stanford Linear Accelerator | Miocene Middle | mammals – Paleoparadoxia,shark teeth | CA0475 | |||
| San Jose | Santa Clara | CA | to E in Alum Rock Canyon 500 meters up canyon above falls | Miocene | Monterey | Chione | CA0476 | ||
| Capitola | Santa Cruz | CA | 9 km S of US1 CA17 junction in sea cliff S of New Brighton State Beach | Pliocene | Purisima | 55 species of mollusks | CA0477 | http://www.gtlsys.com/Shells/ShellText.html | |
| Capitola | Santa Cruz | CA | In ocean bluffs | Pliocene | mollusks,sand dollars | CA0478 | |||
| Capitola | Santa Cruz | CA | on beach | Pliocene | clams,snails,sand dollars | CA0479 | |||
| Olympia | Santa Cruz | CA | Miocene | Santa Margarita | Marine mammal-Imagotaria | CA0480 | |||
| Scotts Valley | Santa Cruz | CA | CA 17 to Mt Hermon Rd. W 1/6km to Scotts Valley Dr. 1st left onto Bean Creek Rd. 3.6km to exposure | Miocene | Santa Margarita | abundant echinoderms-Astrodapsis;gastropods-Thais; occasional shark teeth | CA0481 | ||
| Scotts Valley | Santa Cruz | CA | Mount Harmon exit from CA17 proceed NW 2.1km. Rt at Lockhart Gulch. 300m and park. Fossil bed is a bit over 20m above road level. Site reported closed | Miocene | Santa Margarita | Shark Teeth-Isurus,Carcharodon; Mammal bones | CA0482 | Reported as developed and closed to collecting. But also reported as possibly open with permission and that adjacent,unposted,exposures are accessible | http://www.gtlsys.com/Sharks/Sharks.html |
| – | Shasta | CA | In regional caves | Pleistocene | Tremarctotherium,Euceratherium,Oreamnos | CA0508 | |||
| – | Shasta | CA | regional Lower Triassic limestones | Triassic | Icthyosaurus,Thalattosaurus,ammonites,gastropods,pelecypods. | CA0509 | |||
| Brock Mountain | Shasta | CA | N end between Squad Creek and Pit River se1/4s32t35nr2w | Triassic Upper | Hosselkus | Spiriferina,Poisidonia,Nautiloids – Cosmonautilus | CA0483 | ||
| Brock Mountain | Shasta | CA | area exposures | Triassic Upper | Hosselkus | Ammonites Trachyceras,Nautiloids-Cosmonautilus | CA0484 | ||
| Cottonwood Creek | Shasta | CA | along the creek | Cretaceous | Horsetown | many invertebrates | CA0485 | ||
| Cow Creek | Shasta | CA | nws3t31nr2w | Cretaceous Upper | Chico (CA) | Neptunea,Ringicula{4} | CA0486 | ||
| Devil Rock | Shasta | CA | Triassic Upper | coral – Isatrea{4} | CA0487 | ||||
| Devil Rock | Shasta | CA | Triassic Upper | coral – Isatrea{4} | CA0488 | ||||
| Horsetown | Shasta | CA | Cottonwood Creek, se1/4s36t31nr5w | Cretaceous | Chico (CA) | Ammonites | CA0490 | ||
| Horsetown | Shasta | CA | Cottonwood Creek,at sw1/4se1/4s2t30nr7w | Cretaceous | Horsetown | Lunatia(moon snail),Ammonites,Helicaulax,Arca,Meretrix,Pecten | CA0489 | ||
| Horsetown | Shasta | CA | on Cottonwood Creek SE of old Horsetown along N fork of the creek | Cretaceous | Belemnites | CA0491 | |||
| Horsetown | Shasta | CA | on Cottonwood Creek at old Horsetown along N fork of the creek | Cretaceous | abundant cephalopods | CA0492 | |||
| Huling Creek | Shasta | CA | Pecten{4} | CA0493 | |||||
| Kennett | Shasta | CA | 10 km NW on road to Mammoth Mine s18t34nr5w | Devonian | Kennett | Aulopora,Alveolites{4} | CA0494 | ||
| Kennett | Shasta | CA | 6.4 km W between Squaw and Backbone Creeks s6t33nr5w | Devonian | Kennett | vertebrates -Cyathophyllum{4} | CA0495 | ||
| Little Cow Creek | Shasta | CA | 1 km E of Cedar Creek junction ne1/4s8t34nr2w | Triassic Upper | Hosselkus | Spongiomorpha{4} | CA0496 | ||
| Madison’s Ranch | Shasta | CA | 5 km E,2 km N of road to Brock Ranch sw1/4s9t34nr2w | Triassic | Hosselkus | Orthoceras,Cosmonautilus,Mojsvaroceras,Polycyclus,Sandlingites,Sirenites | CA0497 | ||
| McCloud River | Shasta | CA | At Bear Cave, s1/2s8t34nr5w | Pleistocene | vertebrates – Procyon{4} | CA0498 | CAUTION:Collecting vertebrate material in the US requires landowner or government permission | ||
| Mill Creek | Shasta | CA | From Red Bluff on CA36,40km to Paynes Creek. Rt on Plum Creek Rd 11.2km. Rt on Ponderosa Way,30.4km to Black Rock Campground. Follow trail 1600m downstream to beach on creek with large purple rock. Fossils in gray-green material eroded from cliff up | Cretaceous | Ammonites,Mollusks,large clams in concretions | CA0499 | http://www.gtlsys.com/Ammonites/Ammonites.html | ||
| Ono | Shasta | CA | 40 km NW of Redding in creeks and roadcuts in Budden Canyon (aka Ono) Formation. 2000 to 7000 meters of Cretaceous sediments in Klamath Mountain foothills. 61 genera of ammonites in sediments and concretions | Cretaceous | Ono | ammonites -Aspinoceras,Cheloniceras,Puzosia,Brewericeras,Douvilleiceras,Desmoceras,Pseudohelicoceras,Cymatoceras; gastropods,belemnites,brachiopods– See Fossils Quarterly SpSum 1983 | CA0500 | ||
| Ono | Shasta | CA | at Byron Gulch sw1/4s2t30nr7w | Acaciaephyllum,other plants | CA0501 | ||||
| Ono area | Shasta | CA | Cretaceous | ammonites. | CA0502 | ||||
| Potter Creek Cave | Shasta | CA | se1/4s23t34nr4w in Limestone | Pleistocene | Catharista | CA0503 | ‘Catharista’ is a vulture. Presumably,the fossils are found in the cave floor debris. | ||
| Redding | Shasta | CA | 3 km E of Shasta Lake City in gullies near abandoned road bridge | Cretaceous | Marine mollusks. | CA0504 | |||
| Redding | Shasta | CA | area exposures | Cretaceous | ammonites | CA0505 | |||
| Samwell Cave | Shasta | CA | se1/4s29t36nr3w | Pleistocene | Vertebrates – Scirus,Preptoceras,Gymnogyps | CA0506 | CAUTION:Collecting vertebrate material in the US requires landowner or government permission | ||
| Squaw Creek | Shasta | CA | Se1/4s31t36nr2w | Triassic | Hosselkus | Vertebrate – Thalattosaurus | CA0507 | ||
| – | Sierra | CA | Forest Fauna 39-30n 125-52W | Miocene Upper | 9 species of plants | CA0510 | |||
| Gazelle | Siskiyou | CA | Duzel Rock | Silurian | Gazelle | Conchidium,Heliolites,Encrinurus,Illaenid trilobites,crinoid stems,favositid corals,stromatoporoids,Orthoceroids,brachiopods -Leptaena,Atrypa,Chonetes{4} | CA0511 | ||
| Gazelle | Siskiyou | CA | Lovers Leap SW of Gazelle Mt peak | Silurian | Gazelle | Conchidium,Heliolites,Encrinurus,Illaenid trilobites,crinoid stems,favositid corals,stromatoporoids,Orthoceroids,brachiopods – Leptaena,Atrypa,Chonetes{4} | CA0512 | ||
| Gazelle | Siskiyou | CA | W from 3 to 11 km W on Callahan Rd | Silurian | Gazelle | Conchidium,Heliolites,Encrinurus,Illaenid trilobites,crinoid stems,favositid corals,stromatoporoids,Orthoceroids,brachiopods – Leptaena,Atrypa,Chonetes{4} | CA0513 | ||
| Henley | Siskiyou | CA | sw1/4s20t47nr6w | Cretaceous | Chico (CA) Middle | Fagesia,Mortoniceras,Hamites[?],Mactra | CA0514 | Hamites was ‘Hemites’ in the original | |
| Hornbrook | Siskiyou | CA | Cretaceous | ammonites{4} | CA0515 | ||||
| Hornbrook-Yreka | Siskiyou | CA | area exposures | Cretaceous | ammonites | CA0516 | |||
| Montague | Siskiyou | CA | on N side of Black Butte in draws and gullies | Miocene | cephalopods{4} | CA0517 | |||
| Montague | Siskiyou | CA | on Richardson Ranch nw1/4s22t45nr6w | Cretaceous | Chico (CA) | Desmoceras,Pachydesmoceras,Puzosia{4} | CA0518 | Pachydesmoceras is ‘Pachysiskiyouensis’ in the original ‘Pachydesmoceras’ is a guess | |
| Scott Valley | Siskiyou | CA | Etna-Fort Jones near summit on Yreka road in Sandstone | Turritella{4} | CA0519 | ||||
| Scott Valley | Siskiyou | CA | Limestone gulches (especially McConaughy Gulch) in Mountains on E side of Valley | Silurian | starfish,brachiopods{4} | CA0520 | spelled ‘McConnehue’ in original notes | ||
| Shasta Valley | Siskiyou | CA | N part | Scaphites {4} | CA0521 | ||||
| Shasta Valley | Siskiyou | CA | scattered outcrops | Cretaceous | Chico (CA) | Scaphites {4} | CA0522 | ||
| Willow Creek | Siskiyou | CA | In w1/2s31t47nr5w | Cretaceous | Chico (CA) | Inoceramus{4} | CA0523 | ||
| Yreka | Siskiyou | CA | to N in Shasta Canyon 6.5 km N of Highway Bridge in se1/4s18t46nr6w | Prinotropis | CA0524 | ||||
| Yreka | Siskiyou | CA | to N on Cottonwood Creek | Cretaceous | Fusus{4} | CA0525 | |||
| Yreka | Siskiyou | CA | to N on Cottonwood Creek in ne1/4s22t45nr7w | Cretaceous | Chico (CA) | Ostrea{4} | CA0526 | ||
| Benicia | Solano | CA | 3 km N in ne1/4s25t3nr3w | Cretaceous | Shasta | Acteonina{4} | CA0527 | ||
| Benicia | Solano | CA | 3 km W in ne1/4s1t2nr2w | Cretaceous | Chico (CA) | Venus,Cardium,Margaritella | CA0528 | ||
| – | Sonoma | CA | Cretaceous | ammonites. | CA0531 | ||||
| Eldridge | Sonoma | CA | Petrified Palm Wood at Keekay No 1 Mine | ? | CA0529 | ||||
| Santa Rosa | Sonoma | CA | E from US101 on Mark West Springs Rd for 12.8km. Left on Petrified Forest Rd several km to Petrified Forest. No collecting. Tours available | Pleistocene? | Petrified tree trunks to 30m in length | CA0530 | http://www.gtlsys.com/Trees/Trees.html | ||
| Oakdale | Stanislaus | CA | Oakdale Fauna 27-47N 120-42W | Pliocene Lower | 16 species of plants | CA0532 | |||
| South Butte | Sutter | CA | 4 km W ne1/4s28t16nr1e | Eocene | Tejon | Drillia,Galeoda,Fusina[?],Monodonta,Architectonia,Cordiera,Surcula. | CA0533 | No citations for ‘Fusina (merriami)’ 050522. HA thinks Fusina is probably a valid gastropod genus. That’s good enough for me-DJK | |
| West Butte | Sutter | CA | NE,in SE1/4s28t16nr1e | Eocene | Trochosmilia,Cardita | CA0534 | |||
| Marysville Buttes | Sutter? | CA | Paleocene-Eocene | Llajas | echinoderms | CA0535 | ‘Marysville Buttes’ = ‘Sutter Buttes’ | ||
| Cottonwood Creek | Tehama | CA | 1 km up small ravine in e1/2s25t7nr8w | Cretaceous | Knoxville | Corbula,Dentalium,Helcion,Fissurella,Opis,Astarte,Pectundulus,Myoconcha,Lima,Spondylus{4} | CA0536 | ||
| Paskenta | Tehama | CA | 3 km W on Paskenta-Lowrey road at McCarthy Creek sw1/4s19t24nr6w | Aucella{4} | CA0537 | ||||
| Paskenta | Tehama | CA | 5 km NW is s20t24nr6w | Cretaceous | Knoxville | Lucina,Turbo,Corbula,Nucula,Astarte{4} | CA0538 | ||
| Paskenta | Tehama | CA | 8 km N on small hill | Olcostephanus,Arca{4} | CA0539 | ||||
| Paskenta | Tehama | CA | On bald hills between Paskenta and Lowrey’s ne1/4s8t24nr6w | Cretaceous | Knoxville | Crioceras{4} | CA0540 | ||
| S Fork Elder Creek | Tehama | CA | 2 km NW of Cooper’s S36t25nr7w | Cretaceous | Knoxville | Hoplites{4} | CA0541 | ||
| S Fork Elder Creek | Tehama | CA | ne1/4s6t29nr6w | Cretaceous | Knoxville | Belemnites{4} | CA0542 | ||
| Tuscan Springs | Tehama | CA | 16 km NE of Red Bluff on Little Salt Creek, nw1/4s32t28nr2w | Fusus,Ficus,Turritella{4} | CA0543 | ||||
| Tuscan Springs | Tehama | CA | Nw1/4s32t28nr2w | Cretaceous Upper | Chico (CA) | Turritella{4} | CA0544 | ||
| Tuscan Springs | Tehama | CA | area exposures | Cretaceous | many fossil species{4} | CA0545 | |||
| Watson Creek | Tehama | CA | Cretaceous | Knoxville | Belemnites | CA0546 | |||
| Big Bar-Trinity River | Trinity | CA | at Pattison and Wilshire Mines in ne1/4s5t33nr12w | Pecten,Mytilus,Aucella,Cyprina,plants.{4} | CA0547 | ||||
| Rattlesnake Creek | Trinity | CA | 12 km SW of Peanut in sw1/4s20t1sr8e in Sandstone-shale conglomerate | Jurassic | shells,plants — Unio,Cyclopitys,Taeniopteris{4} | CA0548 | |||
| Weaverville | Trinity | CA | along Trinity River | Oligocene | Weaverville | fossil plants | CA0549 | ||
| Weaverville | Trinity | CA | along Trinity River,CA | Cretaceous Upper | Horsetown | Crioceras{4} | CA0550 | ||
| Owen’s Lake | Tulare | CA | 21 km N on E side of valley | Triassic | ammonites | CA0551 | |||
| Columbia | Tuolumne | CA | Table Mountain Fauna 39-02n 120-23W | Miocene Upper | 28 species of plants | CA0552 | |||
| Stanislaus River | Tuolumne | CA | near canyon opposite mouth of Bear Creek ne1/4 s11t1nr13e | Jurassic | Foreman | abundant fossil plants.{4} | CA0553 | ||
| – | Ventura | CA | In se1/4s13t3nr21w | Eocene-Miocene | Sespe | Leptauchenia? (an oreodont){4} | CA0576 | ||
| Apache Canyon | Ventura | CA | In nearby ravine in S2+11t8nr23w | vertebrates – Hypolagus,Perognathus{4} | CA0554 | CAUTION:Collecting vertebrate material in the US requires landowner or government permission | |||
| Gas Plant Canyon | Ventura | CA | ne1/4s18t3nr20w | Eocene-Miocene | Sespe | Promerychoerus | CA0555 | ||
| Grimes canyon | Ventura | CA | 2 km E on long spur NW of Oak Ridge | Miocene | Anomia{4} | CA0556 | |||
| Little Sespe Creek | Ventura | CA | 2 km above Sespe Creek | Miocene | Potamides(4) | CA0557 | |||
| Los Posas Hills | Ventura | CA | Kew Quarry | Eocene-Miocene | Sespe | Nimravus,Mesocyon,Hoplophoneus(a sabertooth cat),Subhyracodon{4} | CA0558 | ||
| McCray Wells[?] | Ventura | CA | N side of Simi Valley,sw1/4 s33t3nr17w | Eocene | Llajas | Isocardia,Cucullaea Pinna | CA0559 | No citation for McCray Wells on Google or USGS 050522. The PLSS location appears to be a steep hillside just North of White Oaks Park at roughly 34.2963N 118.6615W. USGS shows no wells or springs in the area | |
| Pearson Ranch Quarry | Ventura | CA | Eocene (Duchesnean) | Sespe | Mammals-Chumashius,Griphomys,Hyaenodon,Pareumys,Sespedectes | CA0560 | |||
| Quatal Canyon | Ventura | CA | In s1/2s27t9nr23w | Miocene | Monterey | Vertebrate – Citellus{4} | CA0561 | There does not seem to be a Quatel Canyon in California–perhaps Quatal | |
| Rincon Hill | Ventura | CA | in road cuts at the interchange of US101 and CA150 in 17 distinct beds | Pleistocene | Pico|Santa Barbara|San Pedro | diverse fossils,mostly mollusks | CA0562 | ||
| Santa Paula | Ventura | CA | due S along base of cliffs | Miocene Lower | Solenosteira,Solen,Scutaster(4) | CA0563 | |||
| Santa Susana | Ventura | CA | 1 km E on RR in Se1/4s7t2nr17w | Leda.(4) | CA0564 | ||||
| Santa Susana | Ventura | CA | In Arroyo Simi on S side of town in | Eocene | Llajas | mollusks | CA0565 | ||
| Sespe Creek | Ventura | CA | N side on N-S Ridge | Miocene | Turritella(4) | CA0566 | |||
| Simi Hills | Ventura | CA | Cretaceous | ammonites. | CA0567 | ||||
| Simi Valley | Ventura | CA | at the Simi Valley Landfill | Eocene-Miocene | Sespe | ? | CA0568 | ||
| Simi Valley | Ventura | CA | in W bank of Simi Arroyo | Paleocene-Eocene | Llajas | mollusks,echinoderms | CA0569 | ||
| Simi Valley North | Ventura | CA | Eocene (Duchesnean) | Sespe | Mammals-Tapochoerus | CA0570 | |||
| Tapo Ranch | Ventura | CA | Eocene (Uintan) | Sespe | Mammals-Dyseolemur,Miacis,Procynodictis,Tapochoerus,Tapocyon | CA0571 | |||
| Topatopa Bluff | Ventura | CA | In Mt Pinos quad se1/4s18t5nr22w in black shales | Cretaceous | Chico (CA) | Cyclammina{4} | CA0572 | ||
| Ventura River | Ventura | CA | W along S side of Ridge N of Coyote Creek | Miocene Lower | Vaqueros | Ostrea {4} | CA0573 | ||
| Wheeler Springs | Ventura | CA | Eocene | Cozydell | Starfish-Asteropecten | CA0574 | |||
| Wiley Canyon | Ventura | CA | along NE-SW Ridge W of mouth | Miocene Lower | Vaqueros | Arca,Pinna {4} | CA0575 | ||
| – | Ventura,Santa Barbara | CA | Cretaceous | ammonites. | CA0577 | ||||
| Capay Valley | Yolo | CA | s1/2s28t11nr3w | Eocene | Capay | Gemmula,Lacinia,Turritella,Trochocyathus,Fusinus,Spiroglyphus{4} | CA0578 | ||
| – | [?] | CA | Mammal Reference Location | Miocene | Ricardo | ? | CA0581 | ||
| Fruto–Lodoga quadrangles | [?] | CA | N to Rumsey Hills | Cretaceous | ammonites. | CA0579 | |||
| Lobetus[?] | [?] | CA | Pliocene | Purisima | Diverse invertebrate fossils | CA0580 | Can’t identify a Lobetus,CA — Lobetus might be a family of wasps | ||
| extreme Northern | [?] | CA | Triassic | Hosselkus | Echinoid spines | CA0582 | |||
| near Sutter Buttes | [?] | CA | Cretaceous | ammonites. | CA0583 |