Carpinteria tar pits (general): Late Pleistocene, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Reptilia - Odontophoridae
Reptilia - Phasianidae
Reptilia - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Buteo sp. de Lacepède 1799
Buteo lineatus (Gmelin 1788)
Buteo jamaicensis (Gmelin 1788)
? Circus hudsonius (Linnaeus 1766)
Astur atricapillus (Wilson 1812)
Accipiter cooperi (Bonaparte 1828)
Accipiter striatus velox (Wilson 1812)
Haliaeetus leucocephalus (Linnaeus 1766)
Reptilia - Falconidae
Reptilia - Cathartiformes - Cathartidae
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Fringillidae
Spinus pinus (Wilson 1810)
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Icteridae
Sturnella neglecta Audubon 1844
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Corvidae
Corvus caurinus Baird 1858
Cyanocitta stelleri (Gmelin 1788)
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Turdidae
Sialia mexicana Swainson 1831
? Hylocichla sp. Baird 1864
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Bombycillidae
Bombycilla cedrorum Vieillot 1808
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Passerellidae
Pipilo maculatus Swainson 1827
Pipilo fuscus (Swainson 1827)
Passerella iliaca (Merrem 1786)
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Chamaeidae
Chamaea fasciata (Gambel 1845)
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Sittidae
Sitta canadensis Linnaeus 1766
Sitta pygmaea Vigors 1839
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Tyrannidae
Empidonax sp. Cabanis 1855
Sayornis sp. Bonaparte 1854
Reptilia - Piciformes - Picidae
Colaptes cafer (Gmelin 1788)
Reptilia - Columbiformes - Columbidae
Reptilia - Cuculiformes - Cuculidae
Reptilia - Strigiformes - Tytonidae
Tyto alba (Scopoli 1769)
Reptilia - Strigiformes - Strigidae
Asio wilsonianus (Lesson 1830)
Glaucidium gnoma Wagler 1832
Bubo virginianus (Gmelin 1788)
Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae
? Chen sp. Boie 1822
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California County:Santa Barbara
Coordinates: 34.4° North, 119.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Quaternary Epoch: Pleistocene
Stage: Late Pleistocene 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Late Pleistocene
Age range of interval: 0.129 - 0.0117 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Probably 20,000-40,000 years before present
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: poorly lithified tar
Environment:tar Tectonic setting:non-subsiding area
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:LACM
Collection method comments: Collected in the 1920s
Metadata
Database number:218989
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2021-03-08 12:37:44 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2021-03-08 12:37:44
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
75467. L. Miller and I. DeMay. 1942. The fossil Birds of California. University of California Publications in Zoology 47(4):47-142 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]