Howard on Parapavo californicus A Review of the Fossil Bird, Parapavo californicus (Miller) from the Pleistocene Asphalt Beds of Rancho La Brea Hildegarde Howard Frederick H. Frost

The Auk ◽  
1928 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 247-247
Keyword(s):  
Fossil Bird ◽  
Rancho La Brea

STABILITY OF DENTAL MESOWEAR SCORES THROUGHOUT THE LATE PLEISTOCENE IN LARGE UNGULATES FROM RANCHO LA BREA

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua E. Cohen ◽  
◽  
Larisa R.G. DeSantis ◽  
Emily Lindsey ◽  
Julie Meachen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
Rancho La Brea

NEW INSIGHTS FROM THE STABLE ISOTOPES OF BONES AND TEETH FROM RANCHO LA BREA CARNIVORANS

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Larisa R.G. DeSantis ◽  
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Robert Feranec ◽  
Robert Feranec ◽  
Robert Feranec ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stable Isotopes ◽  
Rancho La Brea

scholarly journals A phasianid bird from the Pleistocene of Tainan: the very first avian fossil from Taiwan

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheng-Hsiu Tsai ◽  
Gerald Mayr
Keyword(s):  
Fossil Birds ◽  
Phasianus Colchicus ◽  
Diagnostic Features ◽  
Physical Evidence ◽  
Evolutionary Origins ◽  
Geological Past ◽  
Fossil Bird ◽  
New Perspective ◽  
High Degree ◽  
Unambiguous Assignment

AbstractTaiwan accommodates more than 600 avian species, including about 30 endemic ones. As yet, however, no fossil birds have been scientifically documented from Taiwan, so that the evolutionary origins of this diversified avifauna remain elusive. Here we report on the very first fossil bird from Taiwan. This Pleistocene specimen, a distal end of the left tarsometatarsus, shows diagnostic features of the galliform Phasianidae, including an asymmetric plantar articular facet trochlea metatarsi III. Our discovery of a Pleistocene phasianid from Taiwan opens a new perspective on studies of the evolution of the avifauna in Taiwan because the fossil shows that careful search for fossils in suitable localities has the potential of recovering avian remains. In general, East Asia has an extremely poor avian fossil record, especially if terrestrial birds are concerned, which impedes well-founded evolutionary scenarios concerning the arrival of certain groups in the area. The Phasianidae exhibit a high degree of endemism in Taiwan, and the new fossil presents the first physical evidence for the presence of phasianids on the island, some 400,000–800,000 years ago. The specimen belongs to a species the size of the three larger phasianids occurring in Taiwan today (Syrmaticus mikado, Lophura swinhoii, and Phasianus colchicus). Still, an unambiguous assignment to either of these species is not possible due to the incomplete nature of the left tarsometatarsus. Because the former two species are endemic to Taiwan, the fossil has the potential to yield the first data on their existence in the geological past of Taiwan if future finds allow identification on species-level.

A 50,000 year insect record from Rancho La Brea, Southern California: Insights into past climate and fossil deposition

2017 ◽  
Vol 168 ◽  
pp. 123-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna R. Holden ◽  
John R. Southon ◽  
Kipling Will ◽  
Matthew E. Kirby ◽  
Rolf L. Aalbu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Southern California ◽  
Past Climate ◽  
Rancho La Brea

scholarly journals Discovery of a remarkable fossil bird

1872 ◽  
Vol 9 (52) ◽  
pp. 326-326 ◽  
Author(s):  
O.C. Marsh
Keyword(s):  
Fossil Bird
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