Usage:
Escudo Sandstone (CA)
Geologic age:
Miocene
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
[Not stated.] Occurs in Devils Den oil field district, northwestern Kern Co., adjacent to Kings Co. line, about 40 mi east of Paso Robles and about 60 mi northeast of Bakersfield, central CA (Van Couvering and Allen, 1943).
AAPG geologic province:
San Joaquin basin
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