Vertebrate Fossil From The El Paso Mountains

Kern County, California

A vertebrate fossil spotted several years ago in exposures of the late Miocene Dove Spring Formation that at that date occurred well outside the boundaries of Red RockCanyon State Park on Public Lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management; today, the bone-bearing exposures where this specimen had weathered out on the surface now lie within the rather recently expanded borders of Red Rock Canyon State Park, California.

This is a closeup of the dentition on the Prongbuck Antelope jaw seen in the previous two images. Late Miocene Dove Spring Formation of the Ricardo Group, El Paso Mountain, Kern County, California; in actual size, the field of view is 50mm across. Identified by Dr. David Whistler, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.

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