Titus Canyon Formation

Titus Canyon Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Eocene (Priabonian), 38–34  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Type	Geologic formation
Location
Region	California
Country	United States
Type section
Named for	Titus Canyon

The Titus Canyon Formation is an Late Eocene-aged geologic formation in Inyo County, California. It was deposited in an inland freshwater environment, and preserves fossil fish and mammal specimens. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

H. Donald Curry collected the type specimens of the three teleosts Fundulus curryi , Fundulus euepis , and Cyprinodon breviradius in the Titus Canyon Formation. Both of these genera are present in the Titus Canyon Formation sediments of Death Valley National Park. ^[4]

Footnotes

1. "PBDB". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-11-29.
2. Midttun, Nikolas; Niemi, Nathan A.; Gallina, Bianca (2022-12-22). "Stratigraphy of the Eocene–Oligocene Titus Canyon Formation, Death Valley, California (USA), and Eocene extensional tectonism in the Basin and Range". Geosphere. 19 (1): 258–290. doi: 10.1130/GES02556.1 . ISSN   1553-040X.
3. "Abstract: FOSSIL FISHES OF DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, CALIFORNIA: RECONSTRUCTING THE ORIGINS AND GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE INDIGENOUS ICHTHYOFAUNA OF SOUTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA (GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017)". gsa.confex.com. Retrieved 2024-11-29.
4. "Death Valley National Park," Hunt, Santucci, and Kenworthy (2006); page 66.

References

• Hunt, ReBecca K., Vincent L. Santucci and Jason Kenworthy. 2006. "A preliminary inventory of fossil fish from National Park Service units." in S.G. Lucas, J.A. Spielmann, P.M. Hester, J.P. Kenworthy, and V.L. Santucci (ed.s), Fossils from Federal Lands. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 34, pp. 63–69.