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Sand Canyon | Canyon Country
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A fossilized bivalve (clam), found 4-1-2014 on a ridge past the western end of Warmuth Road in the Sand Canyon section of Canyon Country. Marine fossils occur in the Castaic Formation (late Miocene, 11 to 5 million years old), which overlies the older Mint Canyon Formation. The bivalve measures 3 inches at its widest point.
LW2595c: 19200 dpi jpeg from digital image by Leon Worden. |
SEE ALSO:
Tick Canyon Camel (Maxson 1928)
Sand Canyon Whale
Castaic Bison (1950)
Canyon Country Oreodonts (Whistler 1967)
Newhall Ranch Bivalve
Sand Canyon Marine Fossils x3
Fish Canyon Scallops
Pico Formation 2011 (Squires 2012)
Marine Fossils, Newhall Creek x7
Pico Canyon x2
Marine Fossils,
Towsley Canyon x12
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