Antelope Shale

{{Short description|Geologic formation in the San Joaquin Valley of Central California}}

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| name = Antelope Shale

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| type = Formation

| age = Cretaceous{{clarify|if it is part of the Monterey, which is Miocene, it cannot be Cretaceous|date=October 2017}}

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| region = San Joaquin Valley, California

| country = United States

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| unitof =Monterey Formation{{clarify|if it is part of the Monterey, which is Miocene, it cannot be Cretaceous|date=October 2017}}

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| underlies =Etchegoin Formation

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The Antelope Shale is a geologic formation in the San Joaquin Valley of central California.

It underlies the Pliocene epoch Etchegoin Formation.

It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period.{{clarify|if it is part of the Monterey, which is Miocene, it cannot be Cretaceous|date=October 2017}}