The Pomerado Conglomerate Formation is a geologic formation in southwestern San Diego County, California.

It was named for exposures located along Pomerado Road, at the divide between Carroll Canyon and Poway Valley.

Pomerado Conglomerate

Geology

The Pomerado Conglomerate is of the Late Eocene Epoch, and is a massive cobble conglomerate. It is lithologically identical to the local Stadium Conglomerate.

Pomerado Conglomerate

It overlies the sandstone Mission Valley Formation. It is the uppermost formation of the Poway Group, and has a maximum thickness of .

Pomerado Conglomerate

Fossil content

The Pomerado Conglomerate preserves fossils dating back to the Late Eocene Epoch of the Paleogene period, during the Cenozoic Era.

Mammals

Ferae

Rodents

See also

List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in California

Paleontology in California

References

Further reading

Paleogene California

Eocene Series of North America

Conglomerate formations

Geology of San Diego County, California

Geologic formations of California

Paleontology in California