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  • Usage in publication:
    • Rancho La Brea local fauna
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  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Los Angeles basin
Publication:

Wood, H.E., II, Chaney, R.W., and and others, 1941, Nomenclature and correlation of the North American continental Tertiary: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 52, no. 1, 48 p.


Summary:

Defined in glossary as local fauna, late Pleistocene, Hancock Park, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co, CA in Los Angeles basin. Might well be considered a formation of very limited extent and peculiar character. Correlations (see Pl. 1).

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Denver GNULEX).


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