Rancho La Brea (UCMP 2051) (Pleistocene of the United States)

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

Reposited in the UCMP

Primary reference: J. T. Doyen and S. E. Miller. 1980. Review of Pleistocene darkling ground beetles of the California asphalt deposits (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae, Zopheridae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 56:1-10 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 161630: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.09.2014, edited by Terri Cleary

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Squamata - Crotalidae
Crotalus sp. Linnaeus 1758 rattlesnake
Univ. Calif. (uncatalogued), numerous vertebrae
Insecta
 Coleoptera - Tenebrionidae
"Eleodes omissus" = Eleodes (Melaneleodes) carbonaria omissa LeConte 1858 darkling beetle