Temblor Formation

The Temblor Formation is a geologic formation in California. It preserves fossils dating back from the Late Oligocene to the Middle Miocene of the Neogene period. It is notable for the famous Sharktooth Hill deposit (otherwise known as Ernst Quarry).¹²³

• Dasyatis²
• Myliobatis²

• Pacifichelys²
• †Chelonia californiensis²
• †Syllomus aegyptiacus²

• †Diomedea californica⁵
  • †D. milleri⁵
• †Fulmarus miocaenus⁵
• †Hadrogyps aigialerus⁵
• †Megalodytes morejohni⁵
• †Morus vagabundus⁵
• †Osteodontornis orri⁵
• †Pandion homalopteron⁵
• †Presbychen abavus⁵
• †Puffinus inceptor⁵
  • †P. milleri⁵
  • †P. priscus⁵

• †Allodesmus kernensis²
• †Bouromeryx americanus²
• †Hypohippus²
• †Miotapirus²
• †Paleoparadoxia tabatai²
• †Paratomarctus temerarius²
• †Pelagiarctos thomasi²
• †Aulophyseter morricei
• †Oedolithax mira
• †Loxolithax sinuosa
• †Parietobalaena securis

• †Keteleeria heterophylloides⁶
• †Glyptostrobus oregonensis⁶
• †Pinus temblorensis⁶
• †Zelkova oregoniana⁶
• †Platanus dissecta⁶
• †Persea pseudocarolinensis⁶
• †Cornus ovaliss⁶