Where: Los Angeles County, California (34.1° N, 118.3° W: paleocoordinates 34.1° N, 118.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Rancholabrean (0.3 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: tar; poorly lithified tar
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Reposited in the UCMP
Primary reference: J. T. Doyen and S. E. Miller. 1980. Review of Pleistocene darkling ground beetles of the California asphalt deposits (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae, Zopheridae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 56:1-10 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 161630: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.09.2014, edited by Terri Cleary
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Eleodes omissus" = Eleodes (Melaneleodes) carbonaria omissa
"Eleodes omissus" = Eleodes (Melaneleodes) carbonaria omissa LeConte 1858 darkling beetle |