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1. What is the oldest fossil in California?
2. What fossils were found in California?
3. Was California once underwater?
4. Did dinosaurs live in California?
5. Did T Rex live in California?
6. When did California have an inland sea?
7. Why are dinosaurs so rarely found in California?
8. Where would you go to find fossils in southern California?
9. What is California state dinosaur?
10. What dinosaurs would have lived in California?
11. Were there dinosaurs in San Francisco?
12. Are there any Cambrian fossils in California?
13. What prehistoric animals lived in San Diego?

What is the oldest fossil in California?

Fossils in Southern California

The earliest fossils known in Southern California are found in the Kingston Range of the far northeastern Mojave Desert. The fossils represent microbial life forms and may date from Proterozoic times, as old as 1.5 billion years.

What fossils were found in California?

In the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California, paleontologists have uncovered a collection of fossils, including an eight-million-year-old mastodon skull with both tusks intact, a rhino skeleton, a giant tortoise, 600 petrified trees, and many more specimens.

Was California once underwater?

This in turn affected the course of biotic—and eventually plant—evolution. California was submerged below shallow (east) to deep (west) seas during much of the early period. Starting about 400–350 million years ago (Ma), major mountain building occurred offshore (Antler and Sonoma episodes).

Did dinosaurs live in California?

Dinosaurs, unfortunately, are rather lacking. They certainly lived in California, as they did everywhere else in North America during the Mesozoic Era, but thanks to the vagaries of geology, they haven't been preserved well in the fossil record.

Did T Rex live in California?

A new study out Thursday from paleontologists at the University of California, Berkeley estimates about 20,000 T. rexes were alive at one time, roaming a range that is now the West Coast of North America, from Southern Canada through the Rocky Mountains and California to New Mexico.

When did California have an inland sea?

The Central Valley began filling with sediments, now thousands of meters deep, in the Cretaceous period about 80 million years ago. Originally an inland sea, it filled with enough sediment to become mostly dry land by 1.5 million years ago.

Why are dinosaurs so rarely found in California?

Here in southern California a perfect storm of circumstances have conspired to greatly reduce the chances of finding dinosaurs. For example, during the Cretaceous, the region was tectonically active with a narrow coastal plain backed by steep-sided mountains that provided limited habitats for dinosaurs.

Where would you go to find fossils in southern California?

The La Brea Tar Pits is the #1 fossil attraction in Southern California for a one reason. They have hundreds of prehistoric fossils. Their fossil collection showcases the history of several extinct mammals including saber-tooth tigers, mammoths and giant sloths.

What is California state dinosaur?

In September 2017, Augustynolophus was declared the official state dinosaur of California.

What dinosaurs would have lived in California?

During the Late Campanian and Maastrichtian California was home to evolutionarily advanced mosasaurs including Plesiotylosaurus and Plotosaurus. On land, a variety of dinosaurs inhabited the state. Among them were the ankylosaur Aletopelta, and many duck-billed dinosaurs, most notably Augustynolophus,.

Were there dinosaurs in San Francisco?

“Through all of the Mesozoic, the Bay Area as we know it didn't exist,” says Doris Sloan, a retired geologist from UC Berkeley and author of "Geology of the San Francisco Bay Region." The California coastline was 100 miles farther east, toward the Sierra Foothills, putting the Bay Area thousands of feet underwater.

Are there any Cambrian fossils in California?

Localities of the Cambrian: The Marble Mountains: This UC Museum of Paleontology exhibit introduces the Marble Mountains, located in southeastern California. These mountains have a rich Cambrian fossil biota that is well-exposed in the southern part of the range.

What prehistoric animals lived in San Diego?

It is not clear if Redwoods extended into San Diego County but the precipitation here during the period of the La Brea tarpit fossils would have been very close to that of the Los Angeles Basin. The vegetation would have been familiar at some level to Californians, though not for the San Diego area in modern times.