Fossil Canyon

Fossil Canyon Map
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Elevation:??? feet
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Imagine a time some 5 million years ago, much of the Southern California Deserts were deltas, rivers, and ocean wetlands. This was a time when the desert regions were teaming with crustaceans and invertebrate. During the Miocene epoch, the California Deserts were much different than they are today. What was once a bed of kelp has been replaced with brittlebush and creosote bush, once thriving mollusk and other invertebrate are now terrestrial life forms such as the desert tortoise, kangaroo rat, and the muskrat to name but a few.

As you take this photo tour of Fossil Canyon, try to imagine a place teaming with oceanic tide pools, an abundance of sea animals, birds of all kinds sweeping the area for food, and a fauna of plant life like California has ever seen. Strap your seatbelt as we board our time machine and travel back in time some 7 to 5 million years ago



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