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Vaquerosella sp.
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By PRK
Taxonomy
Echinoid
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Clypeasteroida
Family: Echinarachniidae
Genus: Vaquerosella
Species: Vaquerosella sp.
Geological Time Scale
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Cenozoic
Period: Neogene
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Miocene
Stratigraphy
Temblor Formation
Provenance
Collector: PRK
Acquired by: Field Collection
Location
California
United States
Comments
The hiway department cut a road through this 5 ft thick sandstone zone, and pushed the talus over into the adjacent canyon. Most people collect along the road cut for other types of fossils. One day I decided to explore the area, and climbed down into the steep canyon full of the rubble from above. that was FULL of ticks, poison oak, and a very steep unstable slope, --- making it very difficult to pack out good material.( prob why people didn't enter this area), where I found and recovered many of these unusual echinoids. Since no one had collected this lower area, I found soo many of these specimens(dozens), many large multiple plates, I had to leave many down there vowing to soon return to gather the rest and explore more. Due to the extreme difficulty I haven't returned since. (over 45yrs)
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