Where: Los Angeles County, California (34.1° N, 118.4° W: paleocoordinates 34.1° N, 118.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Rancholabrean (0.3 - 0.0 Ma)
• "These excavations all included a Late Pleistocene biota, but assignment of exact ages is impossible in most cases because most of the Pierce beetle specimens are without stratigraphic data."
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: tar; lithified tar
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Reposited in the LACM
Primary reference: W. D. Pierce. 1946. Fossil arthropods of California 11. Descriptions of the dung beetles (Scarabaeidae) of the tar pits. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 45:119-131 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 152008: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 02.11.2013, edited by Jonathan Marcot
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Parapavo californicus" = Meleagris californica3
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"Lophortyx californicus" = Callipepla californica3
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"Anabernicula miniscula" = Branta minuscula3, "Branta nigricans" = Branta bernicla nigricans3, Branta canadensis3
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Aphelocoma coerulescens3, Corvus corax3, "Corvus brachyrhynchos" = Corvus brachyrhynchos3, "Corvus caurinus" = Corvus brachyrhynchos3, Pica nuttalli3, Cyanocitta stelleri3
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Aegolius acadicus3, "Speotyto cunicularia" = Athene cunicularia3, "Otus asio" = Megascops asio3, Glaucidium gnoma3, Oraristrix brea1, Bubo virginianus3, Asio sp.3
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Ectopistes migratorius3, "Zenaidura macroura" = Zenaida macroura3, "Columba fasciata" = Patagioenas fasciata3
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Sphyrapicus sp.3, "Asyndesmus lewisi" = Melanerpes lewis3, Dryocopus pileatus3, "Colaptes cafer" = Colaptes auratus cafer3
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Coragyps occidentalis3, Cathartes aura3, Breagyps clarki3, "Gymnogyps amplus" = Gymnogyps californianus3
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Falco sparverius3, Falco columbarius3, Falco mexicanus3, Falco peregrinus3, "Caracara prelutosus" = Caracara cheriway3
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"Erolia alpina" = Calidris alpina3, Numenius americanus3, "Totanus melanoleucus" = Tringa melanoleuca3, Limosa ? fedoa3, "Capella gallinago" = Gallinago gallinago3, Phalaropus ? fulicarius3, Limnodromus griseus3
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Accipiter gentilis3, Accipiter striatus3, "Accipiter cooperi" = Accipiter cooperii3, Buteo sp.3, Buteo swainsoni3, Buteo jamaicensis3, Buteo regalis3, Spizaetus grinnelli3, Buteogallus fragilis3, Circus cyaneus3, Haliaeetus leucocephalus3, Neogyps errans3, Neophrontops americanus3, Morphnus woodwardi3, Aquila chrysaetos3
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