The Manix Formation is a geologic formation in California. This formation dates to the Pleistocene Epoch and is known to preserve fossils. Specimens of the extinct camelid, Camelops have been uncovered from the Rancholabrean units of this formation of both the species C. hesternus and C. minidokae.[1]

Manix Formation
TypeFormation
Location
RegionCalifornia
CountryUnited States

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  1. ^ Jon Baskin & Ronny Thomas (2016) A review of Camelops (Mammalia, Artiodactyla, Camelidae), a giant llama from the Middle and Late Pleistocene (Irvingtonian and Rancholabrean) of North America, Historical Biology, 28:1-2, 120-127, doi:10.1080/08912963.2015.1020800
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