Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
Paleontology            Photo by Ernie Cowan - Anza Borrego Photography Institute
                                               
                                                                                
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1 MYA LAKE BORREGO                Presented by the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park Paleontology Society

The Setting
The Current Environment
The Animals
The Fossils
  
 In this paleolandscape, artist John Francis shows the diversity of life at Lake Borrego.






For a more detailed description of the history of paleontology and geology in the Anza-Borrego State Park see,  "Fossil Treasures of the Anza Borrego Desert", George T  Jefferson and Lowell Lindsay, editors, Sunbelt Publications, San Diego California, 2006.
  

The Setting                                           

  • Marshy 
  • Slow moving, ponded water
  • Lush vegetation
  • Abundant birds including waterbirds
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 The Current Environment

A view of Lake Borrego today.










  
 The Animals

1. Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
2. Down's gadwall duck, extinct (Brantadorna downsi)3. Flamingo, extinct (Phoenicopterus sp.)
4. Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola)
5. Sandhill crane (Grus canadensis)
6. Merriam's tapir, extinct (Tapirus merriami.)
7. Common slider turtle (Trachemys scripta)
8. Frogs (Rana sp.)
9. Garter snake (Thamnophis sp.)
10. Bobcat (Felis rufus.)
11. Lindsay's cotton rat, extinct (Sigmodon lindsayi)
12. Snails (Fontelicella sp.)
13. Reeds and cattails (Typha sp.)
  
 
The Fossils: 
Photographs from Fossil Treasures of the Anza-Borrego Desert
Photograph by Paul Remeika 		  

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