Otay Formation
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| Otay Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Oligocene-Miocene | |
| Type | Formation |
| Overlies | Sweetwater Formation |
| Location | |
| Region | California Baja California |
| Country |  United States Mexico |
The Otay Formation is a geologic formation in San Diego County, California (United States) and northern Baja California state (Mexico).[1][2] It is within the Peninsular Ranges province.[1]
Fossils
It preserves fossils of the Oligocene to Miocene periods of the Cenozoic Era.[1] Fossils in the Sweetwater Formation that underlies the Otay Formation are of the Late Eocene period.[1]
See also
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in California
- Paleontology in California
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Mexico
References
Further reading
- "General Plan Final Program EIR: 3.11 Paleontological Resources" (PDF). City of San Diego.
External links
- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
Categories:
- All articles with dead external links
- Articles with dead external links from April 2020
- Articles with permanently dead external links
- Geologic formations of California
- Geologic formations of Mexico
- Miocene Series of North America
- Oligocene Series of North America
- Miocene California
- Neogene Mexico
- Paleogene California
- Paleogene Mexico
- Geology of San Diego County, California
- Geography of Baja California
- Natural history of Baja California