Santa Margarita Formation

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Santa Margarita Formation
Stratigraphic range: Neogene
Crassostrea titan SR DU 10-01-01 2.jpg
Fossil from the Santa Margarita Formation
Type Formation
Underlies Chanac Formation
Location
Region San Joaquin Valley, California
Country United States

The Santa Margarita Formation is a Neogene Period geologic formation in the San Joaquin Valley of central California.

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It preserves fossils dating back to the Miocene epoch.

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