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Rancho La Brea; a record of Pleistocene life in California.

Title
Rancho La Brea; a record of Pleistocene life in California.
Author
Stock, Chester, 1892-1950.
Publication
Los Angeles, Los Angeles Museum, 1930.

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Description
82 p. illus.; 25 cm.
Series Statement
Los Angeles Museum of History, Science and Art. Publication ; no. 1, Science ser. no. 1. Paleontology, no. 1
Uniform Title
  • Science series (Los Angeles, Calif.) ; no. 1.
  • Paleontology (Los Angeles County Museum) ; no. 1.
Alternative Title
Record of Pleistocene life in California
Subject
  • From 10 thousand to 2 million years ago
  • Mammals, Fossil
  • Paleontology > Pleistocene
  • Paleontology > La Brea Pits
  • Vertebrates, Fossil
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 75-79.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction. History of discovery and development ; Position in geologic time ; Origin and physical features of the asphalt deposits ; Mode of accumulation of the fossil material ; Nature and preservation of the fossil remains ; Occurrence of human remains ; The mammalian assemblage -- Factors influencing group representation among the mammals. The environment in and near the tar traps ; The environment of the region about Rancho La Brea -- Consideration of individual groups of mammals. Ursidae (bears) ; Mustelidae (skunks, weasels, badgers) ; Canidae (wolves, coyotes, foxes) ; Rodentia (gnawers) ; Lagomorpha (rabbits, hares) ; Tayassuidae (peccaries) ; Camelidae (camels) ; Cervidae (deer) ; Antilocapridae (antelopes) ; Bovidae (bison) ; Equidae (horses) ; Tapiridae (tapirs) ; Xenarthra (ground sloths) ; Proboscidea (mastodons, elephants) -- The bird assemblage. Colymbiformes (grebes) ; Ciconiiformes (stork-like birds) ; Anseriformes (goose-like birds) ; Falconiformes (falcon-like birds) ; Galliformes (fowl-like birds) ; Gruiformes (crane-like birds ; Charadriiformes (plover-like birds) ; Columbiformes (pigeons, doves) ; Cuculiformes (cuckoo-like birds ; Strigiformes (owls) ; Piciformes (woodpeckers) ; Passeriformes (sparrow-like birds) -- Reptiles and Amphibia -- Invertebrate fossils -- The record of the plants. Appendix: Rancho La Brea biots.
OCLC
2015751
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library