List of fossil species in the La Brea Tar Pits
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A list of prehistoric and extinct species whose fossils have been found in the
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in the park. They are primarily from Pleistocene predator species. Daggers (†) in the list denote extinct species.


Mammals


Artiodactyla

* Pronghorn (''Antilocapra americana'') * † Ancient bison (''Bison antiquus'') * † Giant bison (''Bison latifrons'') * † American camel (''Camelops hesternus'') * † Dwarf pronghorn (''Capromeryx minor'') * Cf. Wapiti (''Cervus canadensis'') * † Shrub-ox (''Euceratherium collinum'') * † Stilt-legged llama (''Hemiauchenia macrocephala'') * Cf. Mule deer (''Odocoileus hemionus'') * Bighorn sheep (''Ovis canadensis'') * Sheep, Domestic Sheep (''Ovis aries'') * † Flat-headed Peccary (''Platygonus compressus'')


Carnivora

* † Giant short-faced bear (''Arctodus, Arctodus simus'') * Ring-tailed cat, Ringtail (''Bassariscus astutus'') * † Dire wolf (''Aenocyon dirus'') * Dog, Domestic dog (''Canis familiaris'') * † Pleistocene coyote (''Canis latrans orcutti'') * Gray wolf (''Canis lupus'') * † Homotherium, Scimitar-toothed cat (''Homotherium serum'') * Bobcat (''Lynx rufus'') * Felis, Felis sp. * Striped skunk (''Mephitis mephitis'') * Long-tailed weasel (''Neogale frenata'') * † American lion (''Panthera atrox'') * † Pleistocene North American jaguar (''Panthera onca augusta'') * Raccoon (''Procyon lotor'') * Cougar (''Puma concolor'') * Gray fox (''Urocyon cinereoargenteus'') * American black bear (''Ursus americanus'') * Grizzly bear (''Ursus arctos horribilis'') * † Smilodon, Saber-toothed cat (''Smilodon fatalis'') * Western spotted skunk (''Spilogale gracilis'') * American badger (''Taxidea taxus'')


Chiroptera

* Pallid bat (''Antrozous pallidus'') * Hoary bat (''Lasiurus cinereus'')


Lagomorpha

* Black-tailed jackrabbit (''Lepus californicus'') * Desert cottontail (''Sylvilagus audubonii'') * Brush rabbit (''Sylvilagus bachmani'')


Perissodactyla

* † Mexican horse (''Equus conversidens'') * † Cf. Western horse (''Equus occidentalis'') * † California tapir (''Tapirus californicus'')


Pilosa

* † Paramylodon, Harlan's ground sloth (''Paramylodon harlani'') * † Megalonyx, Jefferson's ground sloth (''Megalonyx jeffersonii'') * † Nothrotheriops, Shasta ground sloth (''Nothrotheriops shastensis'')


Primates

* ''Homo sapiens'' (Humans) (La Brea Woman)


Proboscidea

* † Mastodon, Pacific Mastodon (''Mammut pacificus'') * † Columbian mammoth (''Mammuthus columbi'')


Rodentia

* Agile kangaroo rat (''Dipodomys agilis'') * California vole (''Microtus californicus'') * Dusky-footed woodrat(''Neotoma fuscipes'') * Southern grasshopper mouse (''Onychomys torridus'') * California pocket mouse (''Perognathus californicus'') * † Imperfect mouse (''Peromyscus imperfectus'') * Western harvest mouse (''Reithrodontomys megalotis'') * Cf. California ground squirrel (''Otospermophilus beecheyi'') * Merriam's chipmunk (''Neotamias merriami'') * Botta's pocket gopher (''Thomomys bottae'')


Soricomorpha

* Crawford's gray shrew (''Notiosorex crawfordi'') * Broad-footed mole (''Scapanus latimanus'') * Ornate shrew (''Sorex ornatus'')


Birds


Accipitriformes

* Northern goshawk (''Accipiter gentilis'') * Sharp-shinned hawk (''Accipiter striatus velox'') * Cooper's hawk (''Accipiter cooperii'') * † Woodward's eagle (''Buteogallus woodwardi'') * Golden eagle (''Aquila chrysaetos'') * Red-tailed hawk (''Buteo jamaicensis'') * Swainson's hawk (''Buteo swainsoni'') * Rough-legged buzzard (''Buteo lagopus'') * Ferruginous hawk (''Buteo regalis'') * Hawk (''Buteo'' sp.) * † ''Buteogallus daggetti'' (Daggett's eagle) * † ''Buteogallus fragilis'' (Fragile eagle) * Hen harrier (''Circus cyaneus'') * Black-winged kite (''Elanus caeruleus'') * Bald eagle (''Haliaeetus leucocephalus'') * † Errant eagle (''Neogyps errans'') * † American vulture (''Neophrontops americanus'') * † Grinnell's crested eagle (''Spizaetus grinnelli'')


Anseriformes

* † ''Anabernicula, Anabernicula gracilenta'' * Mallard (''Anas platyrhynchos'') * Gadwall (''Mareca strepera'') * Eurasian teal (''Anas crecca'') * Cinnamon teal (''Spatula cyanoptera'') * Northern shoveler (''Spatula clypeata'') * Greater white-fronted goose (''Anser albifrons'') * Canvasback (''Aythya valisineria'') * Canada goose (''Branta canadensis'') * Cf. Brant goose (''Branta bernicla'') * Snow goose (''Anser caerulescens'') * Ross's goose (''Anser rossi'') * Tundra swan (''Cygnus columbianus'')


Caprimulgiformes

* Common poorwill (''Phalaenoptilus nuttallii'')


Cathartiformes

* † La Brea condor (''Breagyps clarki'') * Turkey vulture (''Cathartes aura'') * † ''Cathartornis gracilis'' * † ''Coragyps occidentalis'' * † ''Gymnogyps amplus'' * † Merriam's teratorn (''Teratornis merriami'')


Ciconiiformes

* † La Brea stork (''Ciconia maltha'') * † ''Mycteria wetmorei''


Charadriiformes

* Sanderling (''Calidris alba'') * Dunlin ''Calidris alpina'') * Willet (''Tringa semipalmata'') * Killdeer (''Charadrius vociferus'') * Wilson's snipe (''Gallinago gallinago delicata'') * Common gull (''Larus canus'') * Short-billed dowitcher (''Limnodromus griseus'') * Marbled godwit (''Limosa fedoa'') * Long-billed curlew (''Numenius americanus'') * Hudsonian whimbrel, Whimbrel (''Numenius phaeopus hudsonicus'') * American avocet (''Recurvirostra americana'') * Black-legged kittiwake (''Rissa tridactyla'') * Greater yellowlegs (''Tringa melanoleuca'') * Red phalarope (''Phalaropus fulicarius'') * Grey plover (''Pluvialis squatarola'')


Columbiformes

* † Passenger pigeon (''Ectopistes migratorius'') * Band-tailed pigeon (''Patagioenas fasciata'') * Mourning dove (''Zenaida macroura'')


Cuculiformes

* Greater roadrunner (''Geococcyx californianus'')


Falconiformes

* Merlin (bird), Merlin (''Falco columbarius'') * Prairie falcon (''Falco mexicanus'') * Peregrine falcon (''Falco peregrinus'') * American kestrel (''Falco sparverius'') * Falcon (''Falco (bird), Falco'' sp.) * † La Brea or crested caracara (''Caracara cheriway grinnelli'')


Galliformes

* California quail (''Callipepla californica'') * † Californian turkey (''Meleagris californica'')


Gruiformes

* American coot (''Fulica americana'') * Sandhill crane (''Antigone canadensis'') * Whooping crane (''Grus americana'') * † ''Grus pagei''


Strigiformes

* Northern saw-whet owl (''Aegolius acadicus'') * Short-eared owl (''Asio flammeus'') * Burrowing owl (''Athene cunicularia'') * Great horned owl (''Bubo virginianus'') * Northern pygmy owl (''Glaucidium gnoma'') * † Kurochkin’s pygmy owl (''Glaucidium kurochkini'') * † La Brea owl (''Oraristrix brea'') * Eastern screech owl (''Megascops asio'') * † Brea miniature owl (''Asphaltoglaux cecileae'') * Barn owl (''Tyto alba'')


Passeriformes

* Cf. Red-winged blackbird (''Agelaius phoeniceus californicus'') * Bell's sparrow (''Amphispiza belli'') * Black-throated sparrow (''Amphispiza bilineata'') * California scrub jay (''Aphelocoma californica'') * Cedar waxwing (''Bombycilla cedrorum'') * Pine siskin (''Carduelis pinus'') * American goldfinch (''Carduelis tristis'') * Lark sparrow (''Chondestes grammacus'') * Evening grosbeak (''Coccothraustes vespertinus'') * American crow (''Corvus brachyrhynchos'') * Northwestern crow (''Corvus caurinus'') * Common raven (''Corvus corax'') * Chihuahuan raven (''Corvus cryptoleucus'') * Steller's jay (''Cyanocitta stelleri'') * Horned lark (''Eremophila alpestris'') * † ''Euphagus magnirostris'' * Indeterminate Fringillidae * ''New World oriole, Icterus'' spp. * Loggerhead shrike (''Lanius ludovicianus'') * Song Sparrow (''Melospiza melodia'') * Brown-headed cowbird (''Molothrus ater'') * Clark's nutcracker (''Nucifraga columbiana'') * Sage thrasher (''Oreoscoptes montanus'') * † ''Pandanaris convexa'' * Cf. Mountain chickadee (''Parus gambeli'') * Fox sparrow (''Passerella iliaca'') * Yellow-billed magpie (''Pica nuttalli'') * Black-headed grosbeak (''Pheucticus melanocephalus'') * Indeterminate Parulinae * Eastern towhee (''Pipilo erythrophthalamus'') * Canyon towhee ''Pipilo fuscus'') * † ''Pipilo angelensis'' * Vesper sparrow (''Pooecetes gramineus'') * Cf. Western bluebird (''Sialia mexicana'') * Chipping sparrow (''Spizella passerina'') * ''Spizella'' sp. * Western meadowlark (''Sturnella neglecta'') * California thrasher (''Toxostoma redivivum'') * American robin (''Turdus migratorius'') * Cassin's kingbird (''Tyrannus vociferans'') * Yellow-headed blackbird (''Xanthocephalus'' sp.) * White-crowned sparrow (''Zonotrichia leucophrys'')


Pelecaniformes

* Great egret (''Ardea alba'') * Great blue heron (''Ardea herodias'') * American bittern (''Botaurus lentiginosus'') * Striated heron (''Butorides striatus'') * Snowy egret (''Egretta thula'') * Little blue heron (''Egretta caerulea'') * Black-crowned night heron (''Nycticorax nycticorax'') * Cormorant (''Phalacrocorax'' sp.) * Roseate spoonbill (''Platalea ajaja'') * White-faced ibis (''Plegadis chihi'')


Piciformes

* † ''Bitumenpicus minimus'' * † ''Breacopus garretti'' * Northern flicker (''Colaptes auratus cafer'') * Pileated woodpecker (''Dryocopus pileatus'') * Lewis's woodpecker (''Melanerpes lewisi'') * † ''Melanerpes shawi'' * ''Picoides'' sp. * Red-breasted sapsucker (''Sphyrapicus ruber'')


Podicipediformes

* Pied-billed grebe (''Podilymbus podiceps'') * Grebe (''Podiceps'' sp.)


Reptiles

* ''Thamnophis'' (garter snake) * Gopher snake * Kingsnake * Rattlesnake * Western pond turtle


Amphibians

* ''Aneides lugubris'' (arboreal salamander) * †''Bufo nestor'' * ''Bufo boreas'' (western toad) * ''Bufo microscaphus'' (Arizona toad)) * ''Hyla'' sp. (tree frog) * ''Rana aurora'' (northern red-legged frog)


"Fish"

*''Oncorhynchus mykiss'' (Rainbow trout) * ''Gila orcuttii'' (Arroyo chub) * ''Gasterosteus aculeatus'' (three-spined stickleback)


Arthropods


Arachnids

* Araneida (spiders) * Opiliones (harvestmen) * Scorpionida (scorpions)


Crustaceans

* Ostracoda (water fleas) * Isopoda (pill bugs)


Insects

* Coleoptera (beetles) ** Carabidae (ground beetles) *** ''Amara insignis'' *** ''Calosoma semilaeve'' *** ''Pterostichus'' sp. *** ''Cf.'' ''Platynus funebris'' ** Cicindelidae (tiger beetles) *** ''Cicindela haemorrhagica'' *** ''Cicindela oregona'' ** Cleridae (checkered beetles) *** ''Necrobia violacea'' ** Dytiscidae (predaceous diving beetles) *** ''Dytiscus marginicolliss'' ** Scarabaeidae (dung beetles) *** ''Copris pristinus'' *** ''Canthon praticola'' *** ''Canthon simplex, Canthon simplex subsp. antiquus'' *** ?''Deltochilum'' sp. *** ''Onthophagus everestae'' *** ''Phanaeus labreae'' (syn=''Paleocopris labreae'') *** ''Serica kanakoffi'' ** Staphylinidae *** ''Heterosilpha ramosa'' (syn=''Silpha (Heterosilpha) ramosa'') *** ''Nicrophorus marginatus'' (syn=''Nicrophorus guttulus'', ''N. mckittricki'', ''N. obtusiscutellum'') *** ''Nicrophorus nigrita'' (syn=''Nicrophorus investigator'') *** ''Thanatophilus lapponicus'' (syn=''Silpha (Thanatophilus) lapponica'') ** Tenebrionidae *** ''Apsena pubescens'' *** ''Apsena laticornis'' (syn=''Apsena labreae'') *** ''Coniontis abdominalis, Coniontis abdominalis subsp. caseyi'' *** ''Coniontis abdominalis'' (syn=''Coniontis tristis'', ''C. pectoralis'', ''C. rugosa'') *** ''Coniontis elliptica'' *** ''Coniontis lamentabilis'' *** ''Coniontis puncticollis'' *** ''Coniontis remnans'' *** ''Coniontis robusta'' *** ''Eleodes acuticauda, Eleodes (Eleodes) acuticauda'' (syn=''Eleodes laticollis'') *** ''Eleodes grandicollis, Eleodes (Eleodes) grandicollis'' (syn=''Eleodes elongata'') *** ''Eleodes osculans, Eleodes (Cratidus) osculans'' (syn=''Eleodes behrii'', ''E. consobrina'', ''E. intermedia'') *** ''Nyctoporis carinata'' ** Zopheridae *** ''Phloeodes diabolicus'' (syn=''Phloeodes pustulosus'') *** ''Phloeodes plicatus'' (syn=''Noserus corrosus'') * Diptera (flies) * Hymenoptera (ants and wasps) ** ''Megachile gentilis'' (leafcutter bee) ** ''Veromessor andrei'' * Hemiptera (true bugs and cicadas) * Isoptera (termites) * Odonta (damselflies) * Orthoptera (grasshoppers and crickets) ** Grasshopper


Myriapods

* Chilopoda (centipedes) * Diplopoda (millipedes) ** Spirobolidae *** ''Hiltonius australis''


Diatoms


Achnanthaceae

* ''Achnanthes lanceolata, Achnanthes lanceolata var. lanceolata'' * ''Cocconeis placentula, Cocconeis placentula var. lineata'' * ''Cocconeis scutellum, Cocconeis scutellum var. stauroneiformis''


Coscinodiscaceae

* ''Actinocyclus ehrenbergii''https://tarpits.org/research-collections/tar-pits-collections/botany-collections * ''Coscinodiscus marginatus'' * ''Coscinodiscus radiatus'' * ''Melosira italica'' * ''Melosira clavigera'' * ''Stephanodiscus astraea''


Cymbellaceae

* ''Amphora ovalis, Amphora ovalis var. affinis'' * ''Amphora ovalis, Amphora ovalis var. pediculus'' * ''Amphora ovalis, Amphora venata var. venata'' * ''Amphora normanii, Amphora normanii var. mormanii'' * ''Amphora coffeiformis, Amphora coffeiformis var. coffeiformis'' * ''Cymbella cistula, Cymbella cistula var. cistula'' * ''Cymbella muelleri, Cymbella muelleri var. muelleri'' * ''Cymbella mexicana, Cymbella mexicana var. mexicana''


Epithemiaceae

* Denticula elegans Kutz. var. elegans * Denticula elegans var. kittoniana (Grun.) DeT. * Denticula lauta J.W. Bail. var. lauta * Epithemia emarginata Andrews var. emarginata * Epithemia turgida (Ehr.) Kutz. var. turgida * Epithemia turgida var. westermanii (Ehr.) Grun. * Epithemia adnata var. minor (Perag. & Herb) Patr. comb. nov. * Epithemia intermedia Fricke var. intermedia * Rhopalodia gibba (Ehr.) 0. Mull. var. gibba * Rhopalodia gibburula (Ehr.) 0. Mull. var. gibberula * Rhopalodia musculus (Kutz.) 0. Mull. var. musculus


Fragilariaceae

* ''Fragilaria bicapitata, Fragilaria bicapitata var. bicapitata'' * ''Fragilaria construens, Fragilaria construens var. binodis'' * ''Fragilaria vaucheriae, Fragilaria vaucheriae var. vaucheriae'' * ''Fragilaria virescens, Fragilaria virescens var. virescens'' * ''Meridion circulare, Meridion circulare var. constrictum'' * ''Synedra fasciculata, Synedra fasciculata var. truncata'' * ''Synedra ulna, Synedra ulna var. ulna''


Gomphonemaceae

* Gomphonema affine Kutz. var. affine * Gomphonema affine var. I (Greg.) Andrews * Gomphonema angustatum (Kutz.) Rabh. var. angustatum * Gomphonema parvulum var. micropus Cl. * Gomphonema subclavatum var. commutatum (Grun.) A. Maye


Nitzchiaceae

* Hanzschia amphioxys * Nitzschia angustata var. acuta Grun. * Nitzschia denticulae Grun. * Nitzschia fonticola Grun. * Nitzschia frustulum (Kutz.) Grun. * Nitzschia hungarcia Grun. * Nitzschia ignorata Krasske var. ignorata * Nitzschia palea (Kutz.) W. Sm.


Naviculaceae

* Anomoeoneis sphaerophora var. sphaerophora * Caloneis bacillum (Grun.) Cl. var. bacillum * Caloneis lewisii Patr. var. lewisii * Caloneis limosa (Kutz.) Patr. comb. nov. var. limosa * Caloneis ventricosa var. minuta (Grun.) Patr. comb. nov. * Diploneis elliptica (Kutz.) Cl. var. elliptica * Diploneis didyma (Ehr.) var. didyma * Diploneis pseudovalis Hust. var. pseudovalis * Mastogloia elliptica var. danseii (Thwaites) Cl. * Navicula cuspidata (Kutz.) var. cuspidata * Navicula cuspidata var. maior Meist. * Navicula halophila (Grun.) Cl. var. halophila * Navicula mutica Kutz. var. mutica * Navicula mutica Kutz. var. cohnii (Hilse) Grun. * Navicula peregrina (Ehr.) Kutz. var. peregrina * Navicula pseudoatomus Lund * Navicula radiosa Kutz. var. radiosa * Navicula viridula Kutz. var. slesvicensis (Grun.) Cl. * Navicula pygmaea Kutz. var. pygmaea * Navicula aurora Sov. var. aurora * Navicula laneplata (Ag.) var. lanceolata * Navicula pupula Kutz. var. pupula * Neidium iridis (Ehr.) Cl. var. iridis * Pinnularia brebissonii (Kutz.) Rabh. var. brebissonii * Pinnularia borealis Ehr. var. boreali * Pinnularia viridis (Nitz.) Ehr. var. viridis * Pinnularia intermedia (Lagerst.) Cl. var. intermedia * Stauroneis anceps cf. S. a. linearis (Ehr.) Hust. * Stauroneis laterostrata Hust. * Stauroneis acuta W. Sm. var. acuta


Charophyte green algaes


Characeae

* ''Chara (alga), Chara'' sp.


Conifers


Cupressaceae

* ''Cupressus forbesii'' (Tecate cypress) * ''Cupressus goveniana'' (Californian cypress) * ''Cupressus macrocarpa'' (Monterey cypress) * ''Juniperus californica'' (California juniper) * ''Juniperus'' cf. ''J. barbadensis'' * ''Sequoia sempervirens'' (coast redwood)


Pinaceae

* ''Pinus muricata'' (bishop pine) * ''Pinus radiata (Monterey Pine) * ''Pinus sabiniana'' (foothill pine)


Monocot flowering plants


Order Poales

* ''Bouteloua'' sp. (grama grass) * ''Bromus'' sp. (brome brasses) * ''Carex'' sp. (true sedges) * ''Eleocharis'' sp. (spikerushes) * ''Festuca'' sp. (fescue) * ''Hilaria (plant), Hilaria'' sp. (curly mesquite) * ''Scirpus'' sp. * ''Sparganium eurycarpum'' (bur-reed) * ''Sporobolus'' sp. (sacaton grass)


Order Alismatales

* ''Najas'' sp. * ''Potamogeton'' sp. * ''Sagittaria'' sp. (arrowhead) * ''Zannichellia palustris'' (horned pondweed)


Order Liliales

* Sisyrinchium bellum (western blue-eyed grass)


Dicot flowering plants


Order Campanulales

* ''Ambrosia'' sp. * ''Madia'' sp. * ''Hemizonia fasciculata'' * ''Xanthium strumarium var. glabratum'' (syn=''X. s. calvum'') * ''Osmadenia tenella'' (false rosinweed) * ''Artemisia'' sp. (sagebrush) * ''Cirsium'' sp. (thistle)


Juglandaceae

* Juglans californica (California black walnut)


Salicaceae

* Salix lasiolepis (arroyo willow)


Ulmaceae

* Celtis reticulata (hackberry)


Betulaceae

* Alnus rhombifolia (white alder)


Fagaceae

* Quercus agrifolia (coast live oak) * Quercus dumosa (Nuttall's scrub oak) * Quercus lobata (valley oak)


Caryophyllales

* Eriogonum sp. * Rumex salicifolius (willowdock)


Chenopodiaceae

* Chenopodium sp. * Atriplex sp. * Eurotia lanata (winterfat)


Amaranthaceae

* Amaranthus sp.


Portulacaceae

* Calandrinia ciliata var. menziesii (redmaids) * Montia spathulata


Ranunculaceae

* Ranunculus aquatilis (water-crowfoot) * Ranunculus sp. (buttercup)


Berberidaceae

* Berberis sp. (barberry)


Lauraceae

* Umbellularia californica (California bay)


Platanaceae

* Platanus racemosa (Western sycamore)


Rosaceae

* Adenostoma fasciculatum (chamise) * Rubus vitifolius (California blackberry)


Anacardiaceae

* Toxicodendron diversilobum (Pacific poison oak)


Aceraceae

* Acer negundo (box elder)


Balsaminaceae

* Balsamorhiza deltoidea (deltoid balsamroot)


Rhamnaceae

* Rhamnus californica (California coffeeberry) * Ceanothus sp.


Malvaceae

* Sphaeralcea sp.


Apiaceae

* Berula erecta (Huds.) Coville * Oenanthe sarmentosa Presl.


Cornaceae

* Cornus californica (dogwood)


Ericaceae

* Xylococcus bicolor * Arctostaphylos glauca * Arctostaphylos insularis * Arctostaphylos morroensis * Arctostaphylos pechoensis * Arctostaphylos pungens * Arctostaphylos tomentosa * Arctostaphylos viscida


Convolvulaceae

* Convolvulus sp.


Lamiaceae

* Salvia sp.


Scrophulariacaea

* Antirrhinum nuttallianum (Nuttall's snapdragon) * Orthocarpus purpurascens (purple owl's clover)


Verbenaceae

* Verbena spp.


Rubiaceae

* Galium trifidum L. (three-petal bedstraw)


Caprifoliaceae

* Sambucus mexicana (Mexican elderberry)


References


External links


Official George C. Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits in Hancock Park website
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