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Specimen Record

ContinentNorth America
CountryUnited States
State/ProvinceCalifornia
County/ParishLos Angeles County
LocalityRancho La Brea Tar Pits, Pit [91]
Latitude34.0637
Longitude-118.356825
Institution CodeLacm
Collection CodeRlb
Catalog NumberRlp 4667e
Collected ByRancho La Brea Field Party
Date Collected1972-03-25

From Recordset

https://tarpits.org/research-collections/tar-pits-collections https://ipt.idigbio.org/archive.do?r=lacm-rlb

The LACM Rancho La Brea collections hold 3-5 million fossil specimens covering ~50,000 years to near present day. They hold the world's largest collection of extinct megafauna and are particularly well known for the vast osteological collections of carnivores and birds. In addition, the collections include botany, arthropods, molluscs and small vertebrates, including fishes, amphibian, reptiles and mammals, as well as a few artifacts. The collections are all from the vicinity of the Rancho La Brea National Natural Landmark, mostly within the Los Angeles County park called Hancock Park.

Contacts

Name Aisling Farrell
RoleCollections Manager
Emailafarrell@tarpits.org
Name Gary Takeuchi
RoleCollections Manager
Emailgtakeuch@tarpits.org
Name William Mertz
RoleDatabase Manager
Emailwmertz@nhm.org
Name Aisling Farrell
RoleCollections Manager
Emailafarrell@tarpits.org
Name Gary Takeuchi
RoleCollections Manager
Emailgtakeuch@tarpits.org
Name William Mertz
RoleDatabase Manager
Emailwmertz@nhm.org
Name Aisling Farrell
RoleCollections Manager
Emailafarrell@tarpits.org
Name Gary Takeuchi
RoleCollections Manager
Emailgtakeuch@tarpits.org
Name William Mertz
RoleDatabase Manager
Emailwmertz@nhm.org
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