title: Pigeon Point Formation
text: # Pigeon Point Formation
  
  The Pigeon Point Formation is a geologic formation in San Mateo County, California.
  
  ## Geology
  
  It is found on the western San Francisco Peninsula, on the coast and with its inland section is near the San Gregorio Fault system.
  
  It was formed in the Campanian and Maastrichtian ages of the Late Cretaceous epoch, during the Mesozoic Era.
  
  ### Fossils
  
  The Pigeon Point Formation preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period.
  
  