Usage:
Saddle Peak Member of Topanga Canyon Formation of Topanga Group (CA*-recognized locally east of Malibu Canyon)
Geologic age:
late Tertiary (middle Miocene)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: roadcuts along Piuma Road, southwest of Saddle Peak, Santa Monica Mountains, in NE/4 sec. 21, T. 1 S., R. 17 W., Malibu Beach quadrangle, Los Angeles Co., CA (Yerkes and Campbell, 1979).
AAPG geologic province:
Los Angeles basin*
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