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Gingerich, Rates of evolution in Plio-Pleistocene mammals: six case studies, Cambridge University Press 1993.
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This subsection contains predominantly Miocene and Pliocene marine and Plio-Pleistocene and Pleistocene nonmarine sedimentary rocks.
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Pleistocene, and some Plio-Pleistocene, nonmarine deposits and recent alluvium are predominant in this subsection.
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More specifically, there are Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous, Eocene, and Miocene marine and Oligocene and Plio-Pleistocene nonmarine sedimentary rocks.
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There are small areas of dissected Plio-Pleistocene sediments.
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Blue oak series occurs on Plio-Pleistocene sediments at the east end of the subsection.
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On Tertiary marine and Plio-Pleistocene nonmarine sediments, they are mostly Xerorthents, Typic Haploxeralfs, and Typic Argixerolls.
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Dune sand is common and there are some areas of Quaternary marine and Plio-Pleistocene nonmarine sediments.
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Gradual declines in rainforest plant species characterize the middle to late Miocene of other areas of Australia, although arid conditions are unknown from the continent prior to the Plio-Pleistocene.
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This subsection contains mainly late Quaternary alluvium and lesser amounts of Plio-Pleistocene nonmarine sediments.
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