Geologic formation in California, United States
The Claremont Shale is a Miocene epoch geologic formation in the Berkeley Hills of the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, California.[1]
It is found within the Claremont Canyon area of the Berkeley Hills in Alameda County and Contra Costa County.[1]
The Claremont Shale formation preserves fossils dating back to the Miocene epoch of the Neogene period.[2]
Paleobiota
Mammals
Cetaceans
Fish
Cartilaginous Fish
| Genus
|
Species
|
Location
|
Notes
|
| Galeocerdo
|
Galeocerdo aduncus
|
Alameda Creek
|
A tiger shark.
|
Bony Fish
Molluscs
Scaphopods
| Genus
|
Species
|
Location
|
Notes
|
| Dentalium
|
-
|
Caldecott Tunnel
|
A tusk-shell.
|
Bivalves
| Genus
|
Species
|
Location
|
Notes
|
| Lucinoma
|
-
|
Caldecott Tunnel
|
A lucine.
|
| Yoldia
|
Yoldia submontereyensis
|
Caldecott Tunnel
|
A clam.
|
Plants
Flowering Plants
| Genus
|
Species
|
Location
|
Notes
|
| Ocotea
|
Ocotea coloradensis
|
Oakland
|
A laurel.
|
Algae
Brown Algae(Kelps)
| Genus
|
Species
|
Location
|
Notes
|
| Paleocystophora
|
Paleocystophora subopposita
|
Oakland, Berkeley, Caldecott Tunnel
|
A kelp.
|
| Paleohalidrys
|
Paleohalidrys occidentalis
|
Oakland, Berkeley
|
A kelp.
|
Red and Green Algae
| Genus
|
Species
|
Location
|
Notes
|
| Caulerpites
|
Caulerpites denticulata
|
Oakland, Berkeley
|
A relative of Caulerpa.
|
| Ulva
|
Ulva latuca
|
Oakland
|
A sea lettuce.
|
See also
References
