| The individual is standing just downslope from Bassett Point (the view is roughly southeastward) amidst the sediments of the Upper Pleistocene Manix Formation; abundant, beautifully preserved skeletal elements from the Tui Mojave Chub, in addition to many kinds of fresh water mollusks, typically weather out of this interval in the Manix Formation; mammal and bird remains are rarer finds, but quite rewarding ones. Of course, the Manix Formation has recently been designated an Area of Critical Environmental Concern by the Bureau of Land Management--don't remove anything you find in the Manix Formation unless you have a special use permit from the BLM. |