Carpinteria tar pits (general): Late Pleistocene, California

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