Forbes Shale
| Forbes Shale Stratigraphic range: Cretaceous | |
|---|---|
| Type | Formation |
| Underlies | Kione Sands |
| Overlies | Funks Shale |
| Location | |
| Region |
Sacramento Valley California |
| Country | United States |
The Forbes Shale is a geologic formation in the Sacramento Valley of northern California.
It is found in the Sutter Buttes area of Sutter County, California.
It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period.
See also
- Cretaceous California
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in California
References
- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 8 July 2014.
- Google Books: The Sutter Buttes of California: A Study of Plio-Pleistocene Volcanism; Howel Williams, Garniss H. Curtis.
| Cretaceous Period | |
|---|---|
| Lower/Early Cretaceous | Upper/Late Cretaceous |
| Berriasian | Valanginian | Hauterivian Barremian| Aptian | Albian |
Cenomanian | Turonian | Coniacian Santonian |Campanian | Maastrichtian |
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