page_title: Etchegoin Formation
hierarchical_section_title: Etchegoin Formation
caption_attribution_description: Dendraster gibbsii fossil sand dollar (4.3 cm across) from the Pliocene of Caifornia, USA. Here’s a nicely preserved fossil sand dollar from California. It has been prepared by air abrasion to better show the plate boundaries. This is Dendraster gibbsii, first described by Auguste Rémond in the 1860s. This species is relatively common in the Siphonalia zone of the Etchegoin Formation (Lower Pliocene). It comes from the Kettleman Hills of California, USA. Classification: Animalia, Echinodermata, Echinozoa, Echinoidea, Clypeasteroida, Scutellina, Dendrasteridae Stratigraphy: Etchegoin Formation, Lower Pliocene Locality: Kettleman Hills, California, USA
context_page_description: The Etchegoin Formation is a Pliocene epoch geologic formation in the lower half of the San Joaquin Valley in central California.
context_section_description: The Etchegoin Formation is a Pliocene epoch geologic formation in the lower half of the San Joaquin Valley in central California.
caption: Fossil from the Etchegoin Formation
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