Tag Archive: fossil

Extinct Fossil Crab in Monterey

Pinnixa galliheri, extinct shore crab, aguajito shale matrix, Jacks Peak County Park, Monterey County, California During the Miocene Epoch (the first epoch of the Neogene period, the period before our current, Quarternary period),… Continue reading

Fossil Sand Dollars

Fossil sand dollars/sea urchin skeletons captured in beach tumbled stones, found near Fort Funston beach, southwest of San Francisco