[Rockhounds] Fossils dating back 16-28 million years unearthed at Otay Mesa, San Diego, California

Paul etchplain at att.net
Mon Aug 10 10:41:55 PDT 2020


San Diego, California NBC News
https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/fossils-discovered-near-otay-mesa-poe-could-be-evidence-of-16-millionyear-old-rock-unit/2358090/

San Diego, California Channel 10 News
https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/south-bay-news/fossils-dating-back-16-28-million-years-unearthed-at-otay-mesa-construction-site

CalTrans Press Release
https://dot.ca.gov/caltrans-near-me/district-11/news/2020-d11news/20200701-d11news-sr11fossils

Publications about Otay Mesa San Diego County
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Robbins-Wade, M.J., 1990. Prehistoric settlement
pattern of Otay Mesa San Diego County, California
Master's thesis, San Diego State University.
https://www.scahome.org/publications/proceedings/Proceedings.05Robbins.pdf

Kennedy, M.P., and Tan, S.S., 2008. Geologic Map
of the San Diego 30??? x 60??? Quadrangle, California
http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/earthguide/sandiego/pdfs/sandiego_map2_ai9.pdf

San Diego 30??? x 60??? Quadrangle Pamphlett
https://ca.water.usgs.gov/projects/sandiego/data/gis/geology/kennedy2008/RGM3_San_Diego_2008_Pamphlet.pdf

Tan, S.S., and Kennedy, M.P., 2002. Geologic Map
of the Otay Mesa 7.5??? Quadrangle, California
https://www.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/Documents/Publications/Regional-Geologic-Maps/Preliminary/otay_mesa_layout_highres.pdf

California Geological Survey Preliminary Geologic Maps
https://www.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/maps-data/rgm/preliminary

Yours,

Paul H.




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