The Jewett Sand Formation is a geologic formation in California, United States. It preserves fossils dating back to the Miocene Epoch of the Neogene period.
Vertebrates
Cartilaginous fishes
Sharks
†Alopias exiguaF. M. Anderson. 1911. The Neocene deposits of Kern River, California, and the Temblor Basin. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 3:73-148 †Alopias latidens Alopias vulpinus†Carcharocles angustidens '''†Carcharodon hastalisCarcharhinus sp.Cephaloscyllium sp.Cetorhinus sp.Echinorhinus blakei†Galeocerdo medius†Galeorhinus latusHeterodontus sp. Hexanchus sp. †Megachasma applegatei K. Shimada, B. J. Welton, and D. J. Long. 2014. A new fossil megamouth shark (Lamniformes, Megachasmidae) from the Oligocene-Miocene of the western United States. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 34(2):281-290 †Megalolamna paradoxodon †Negaprion elongata'''Odontaspis ferox†Parotodus benediniSphyrna sp.†Squalus serriculusSquatina lerichi
Rays and skates†Zapteryx californicus Myliobatis californicus'''
Bony Fishes
Bothidae indet. Embiotocidae indet. Gadidae indet. Pleuronectidae indet. Sciaenidae indet. Scorpaenidae indet.
Reptiles Chelonia indet. Crocodylia indet. †Psephophorus calvertensisBirds †Plotopterum joaquinensisMammals
†Allodesmus kernensisL. E. Wilson. 1935. Miocene marine mammals from the Bakersfield region, California. The Peabody Museum of Natural History Bulletin. 4:1-143 †Allodelphis pratti†Amphidelphis bakersfieldensis†Anchitherium sp.†Argyrocetus joaquinensis†Desmathyus†Enaliarctidae indet. †Enaliarctos mealsi†Macrodelphinus kelloggi†Miodelphis californicusOtariidae indet. Phocidae indet. Pinnipedia indet. †Pinnarctidion bishopi†Squalodontidae indet.
Invertebrates BivalvesAequipecten andersoni Arca montareyannaChione temblorensisClementia pertenuisCrassostrea titanCrenomytilus mathewsoniCytheria matthewsoniDosinia conradiDosinia whitneyiGlycymeris septentrionalisHomomya sp.Mactromeris albariaMytilus sp.Nodipecten estrellanusPecten bowersiPecten magnoliaPecten nevadaensisPecten perriniPecten sespeensisPectunculus branneriPhacoides actulineatusPinna alamedaensisPycnodonte eldridgeiSolen sp.Tellina ocoyanaTellina sp.Trachycardium vaquerosensisGastropodsAgasoma gravidumAgasoma kerrianumConus oweniCrepidula princepsEpitonium rugiferumNatica lewisiNeverita callosaPurpura limaScaphopodsDentalium sp.''
References
See also
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in California Paleontology in California