Rancho La Brea (UCMP collection) (Pleistocene of the United States)

Also known as Asphalt beds at Rosemary; UCMP 1059

Where: Los Angeles County, California (34.1° N, 118.3° W: paleocoordinates 34.1° N, 118.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Rancholabrean (0.3 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: tar; poorly lithified tar

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by J.C. Merriam, E.L. Furlong, F. Grinnell; reposited in the UCMP

Primary reference: F. Grinnell. 1908. Quaternary myriopods and insects of California. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geology 5(12):207-215 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 150336: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 06.09.2013, edited by Jonathan Marcot, Matthew Clapham and Patricia Holroyd

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis ochropus orcutti3
unclassified
  -
Phaeopus hudsonicus1
Mammalia
 Carnivora - Felidae
"Felis daggetti n. sp." = Puma concolor4
"Felis daggetti n. sp." = Puma concolor4 Linnaeus 1771 puma
 Carnivora - Canidae
"Canis andersoni" = Canis latrans3, Canis occidentalis furlongi3, "Canis milleri" = Canis lupus3, "Urocyon californicus" = Urocyon cinereoargenteus3, "Canis dirus" = Aenocyon dirus3
"Canis andersoni" = Canis latrans3 Say 1823 coyote
Canis occidentalis furlongi3 Merriam 1910 gray wolf
"Canis milleri" = Canis lupus3 Linnaeus 1758 gray wolf
"Urocyon californicus" = Urocyon cinereoargenteus3 Schreber 1775 gray fox
"Canis dirus" = Aenocyon dirus3 Leidy 1858 dire wolf
Aves
 Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
Limnodromus griseus5, Numenius americanus1
Limnodromus griseus5 Gmelin 1789 short-billed dowitcher
Numenius americanus1 Bechstein 1812 long-billed curlew
 Charadriiformes - Charadriidae
"Oxyechus vociferus" = Charadrius vociferus5
"Oxyechus vociferus" = Charadrius vociferus5 Linnaeus 1758 killdeer
 Columbiformes - Columbidae
"Zenaidura macroura" = Zenaida macroura5
"Zenaidura macroura" = Zenaida macroura5 Linnaeus 1758 mourning dove
 Piciformes - Picidae
"Asyndesmus lewisi" = Melanerpes lewis5
"Asyndesmus lewisi" = Melanerpes lewis5 Gray 1849 Lewis's woodpecker
 Strigiformes - Strigidae
"Otus asio" = Megascops asio5
"Otus asio" = Megascops asio5 Linnaeus 1758 eastern screech-owl
 Passeriformes - Corvidae
Aphelocoma sp.5, "Pica nuttallii" = Pica nuttalli5
Aphelocoma sp.5 Cabanis 1851 scrub jay
"Pica nuttallii" = Pica nuttalli5 Audubon 1837 yellow-billed magpie
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Spatula clypeata5
Spatula clypeata5 Linnaeus 1758 northern shoveler
 Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Accipiter cooperii5, Astur atricapillus1
Accipiter cooperii5 Bonaparte 1828 Cooper's hawk
Astur atricapillus1 Wilson 1812 hawk
Reptilia
 Galliformes - Phasianidae
"Pavo californicus n. sp." = Meleagris californica6
"Pavo californicus n. sp." = Meleagris californica6 Miller 1909 turkey
Insecta
 Coleoptera - Carabidae
Calosoma semilaeve, Platynus cf. funebris, Pterostichus sp., Amara insignis
Calosoma semilaeve LeConte 1852 ground beetle
UCMP 10013
Platynus cf. funebris LeConte 1854 ground beetle
UCMP 10010
Pterostichus sp. Bonelli 1810 ground beetle
UCMP 10012 ("several elytra")
Amara insignis Dejean 1831 ground beetle
UCMP 10011
 Coleoptera - Dytiscidae
Dytiscus marginicollis
Dytiscus marginicollis LeConte 1845 predaceous diving beetle
UCMP 10014
 Coleoptera - Tenebrionidae
"Eleodes osculans" = Eleodes (Cratidus) osculans2, "Eleodes behrii n. sp." = Eleodes (Cratidus) osculans, "Eleodes intermedia n. sp." = Eleodes (Cratidus) osculans, "Eleodes acuticauda" = Eleodes (Eleodes) acuticauda, "Eleodes laticollis" = Eleodes (Eleodes) acuticauda, "Eleodes elongata n. sp." = Eleodes (Eleodes) grandicollis, Coniontis abdominalis, Coniontis robusta, Coniontis puncticollis, Coniontis elliptica
"Eleodes osculans" = Eleodes (Cratidus) osculans2 LeConte 1851 darkling beetle
UCMP 10021
"Eleodes behrii n. sp." = Eleodes (Cratidus) osculans LeConte 1851 darkling beetle
UCMP 10023
"Eleodes intermedia n. sp." = Eleodes (Cratidus) osculans LeConte 1851 darkling beetle
UCMP 10024
"Eleodes acuticauda" = Eleodes (Eleodes) acuticauda LeConte 1851 darkling beetle
UCMP 10019a,b,c,d; "forma punctata" UCMP 10020a,b
"Eleodes laticollis" = Eleodes (Eleodes) acuticauda LeConte 1851 darkling beetle
UCMP 10022 ("forma muricata minor")
"Eleodes elongata n. sp." = Eleodes (Eleodes) grandicollis Mannerheim 1843 darkling beetle
UCMP 10025
Coniontis abdominalis LeConte 1859 darkling beetle
UCMP 10016
Coniontis robusta Horn 1870 darkling beetle
UCMP 10015
Coniontis puncticollis LeConte 1851 darkling beetle
UCMP 10017
Coniontis elliptica Casey 1884 darkling beetle
UCMP 10018
Myriapoda
 Spirobolida - Spirobolidae
"Spirobolus australis n. sp." = Hiltonius australis
"Spirobolus australis n. sp." = Hiltonius australis Grinnell 1908 millipede
UCMP 10008, 10009
1Compton 1934; 2Doyen and Miller 1980; 3Merriam 1912; 4Merriam 1918; 5Miller 1929; 6Miller 1909