Paleoecological implications of new megafaunal14C ages from the McKittrick tar seeps, California

2014/01/01 by Kena Fox‐Dobbs, Robert G. Dundas, Robin B. Trayler +1 · 17 citations
Social Sciences · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Engineering · #Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology #Geology and Paleoclimatology Research #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Megafauna #Radiocarbon dating #Accelerator mass spectrometry #National laboratory #Archaeology #tar (computing) #Library science #Geology #Geography #Engineering #Engineering physics

paper · doi:10.1080/02724634.2013.791694

published in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(1), 220-223 (Taylor & Francis)

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Abstract

The McKittrick tar seeps, located along the eastern foothills of the Temblor Range in the southern San Joaquin Valley of California (Kern County), are part of a vast complex of oil, gas, and tar se...

Citations

• Compilation, calibration, and synthesis of faunal and floral radiocarbon dates, Rancho La Brea, California
• Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic Mammals of North America
• Dynamics of Pleistocene Population Extinctions in Beringian Brown Bears
• Late Quaternary chronology and extinction of North American giant short-faced bears (Arctodus simus)
• Radiocarbon Dates from the Pleistocene Fossil Deposits of Samwel Cave, Shasta County, California, USA
• Phylogeography of lions (Panthera leo ssp.) reveals three distinct taxa and a late Pleistocene reduction in genetic diversity
• A Second Avifauna from the McKittrick Pleistocene
• Biotic Associations and Life-Zones in Relation to the Pleistocene Birds of California
• Branta dickeyi from the McKittrick Pleistocene

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• Paleobiota of the La Brea Tar Pits [wikipedia]

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