Tecopa Lake Beds
| Tecopa Lake Beds Stratigraphic range: Pleistocene epoch, Quaternary period | |
|---|---|
| Type | Geologic formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | mudstone |
| Location | |
| Region |
Mojave Desert, California |
| Country | United States |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Lake Tecopa (prehistoric) |
The Tecopa Lake Beds is a Blancan Pleistocene geologic formation in the Mojave Desert in eastern California. It is in the Tecopa area, east of Death Valley, in southeastern Inyo and northeastern San Bernardino County. [1]
The Lake Tecopa lake beds are the dry lake remnant of the formerly huge Pleistocene age lake, in the present day Amargosa River basin. It preserves fossils of the Quaternary period in the Cenozoic Era. [2]
See also
- Lake Manly
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in California
- Natural history of the Mojave Desert
- Paleontology in California
References
- ↑ Geological Society of America.org: Lake Tecopa−related articles
- ↑ Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 8 July 2014.
| Quaternary | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pleistocene | Holocene | |
| Early | Middle | Late | Preboreal | Boreal | Atlantic | Subboreal | Subatlantic | |
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