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Funks Shale
Stratigraphic range: Cretaceous
Type Formation
Underlies Forbes Shale
Location
Region Sacramento Valley
California
Country United States

The Funks Shale is a geologic formation in the Sacramento Valley of northern California.

It is found in the Sutter Buttes area of Sutter County, California.

It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period.

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