Coyote Mountains
| Name: | Eroded Sedimentary ridge |
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| Date: | 9/16/2006 |
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| Location: | Shell Canyon |
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This picturesque image, from a geological perspective is a relatively young
formation, approximately 7 to 5 million years ago. This age approximation is based on fossils found
embedded in the substrate. Though deposition of the fossils could have occurred as a result of
erosional transportation, this is unlikely since much of the bioclastic material is well cemented
into sedimentation. The fossil pictured above is a partial test echinoderm (sea urchin) shell from
the late Miocene to early Pliocene age. (Deméré, 2006)
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