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Extended Bibliography for Rancho La Brea
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Abel, O. 1926. Amerikafahrt. Eindrucke, boebachtungen und studien eines naturforschers auf eine reise nach Nordamerika und Westindien. 8 vols., Jena, 462 p.
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Akersten, W.A. 1980. Fossils in asphalt. Science 208:550.
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Akersten, W. A. 1991. Entrapping pools or flowing streams at Rancho La Brea? Both! Abstract, Annual Meeting of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 1991(1).
Akersten, W. A., T. M. Foppe and G. T. Jefferson. 1984. Dietary samples from large extinct herbivores, Rancho La Brea. Abstract, Annual Meeting of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 36:18.
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Akersten, W. A., R. L. Reynolds and A. E. Tejada‑Flores. 1979. New mammalian records from the late Pleistocene of Rancho La Brea. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 78(29):141‑143.
Akersten, W. A., C. A. Shaw and G. T. Jefferson. 1983. Rancho La Brea: status and future. Paleobiology 9(3):211‑217.
Albareda, R-M. 1992. Etude biogeochimique de restes fossiles du Geiseltal, de Rancho La Brea et de Teghenif: Extraction et caracterisation de leur matiere organique. Masters Thesis, Laboratoire de Paléontologie, Academie de Montpellier, Universite des Sciences et Techniques du Languedoc, 21 p.
Anderson, E. 1968. Fauna of the Little Box Elder Cave, Converse County, Wyoming. University of Colorado Studies, Earth Science Series 6:1‑59.
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Anonymous. 1871. A skull of a badger (Taxidea) from four feet beneath the surface at Los Angeles, California, in asphaltum beds. Proceedings of the California Academy of Science 4:139.
Anonymous. 1915. Rancho La Brea's fossil beds. Standard Oil Bulletin 2(11):3‑6.
Anonymous. 1933. Book Review: The cats of Rancho La Brea. Carnegie Institution of Washington News Service Bulletin, School Edition 3(2):10-16.
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Bandy, O. L. and L. Marincovich, Jr. 1973. Rates of late Cenozoic uplift, Baldwin Hills, Los Angeles, California. Science 181:653‑654.
Barrows, A. G. 1970. New excavations for fossils at Rancho La Brea, Los Angeles. Mineral Information Service 23(1):14‑15.
Bedrossian, T. L. 1975. Vertebrate fossils and the history of animals with backbones. California Geology 28(11):234‑259.
Bell, C. J. and R. G. Dundas. 1993. Fossil lizards from Rancho La Brea in the collections of the University of California Museum of Paleontology. PaleoBios 15(2):14-17.
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Berger, R. and W. F. Libby. 1966. UCLA radiocarbon dates V. Radiocarbon 8:467‑497.
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Bochenski, Z. M. and K. E. Campbell. 2006. The extinct California Turkey, Meleagris californica, from Rancho La Brea: comparative osteology and systematics.Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Contributions in Science 509:1-92
Bohlin, B. 1940. Food Habit of the Machaerodonts, with special regard to Smilodon. Bulletin of the Geological Institute, Upsala 28:157‑174.
Bohlin, B. 1947. The sabretoothed tigers once more. Bulletin of the Geological Institute, Upsala 32:11‑20.
Borell, A. E. 1936. A modern La Brea tar pit. Auk 53:298-300.
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Branning, T. 1977. Oily grave of extinction. Union Oil Company, California Seventy Six 56(5):32‑36.
Brattstrom, B. H. 1953. The amphibians and reptiles from Rancho La Brea. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 11:365‑392.
Brattstrom, B. H. 1954. The fossil pit‑vipers (Reptilia: Crotalidae) of North America. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 3:31‑46.
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Bromage, T. G. and S. Shermis. 1981. The La Brea Woman (HC 1323): descriptive analysis. Society of California Archaeology, Occasional Papers 3:59‑75.
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Camp, C. L. 1917. An extinct toad from Rancho La Brea. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 10(17):287‑292. (TYPE, Berkeley: Bufo nestor sp. nov.)
Camp, C. L. 1970. Earth song, a prologue to history. Palo Alto, California: American West Publishing Company. 192 p.
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Campbell, Jr., K. E. and E. P. Tonni. 1982. Preliminary observations on the paleobiology and evolution of tertorns (Aves: Teratornithidae). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 1(3-4):265-272.
Campbell, Jr., K. E. and E. P. Tonni. 1983. Size and locomotion in teratorns (Aves: Teratornithidae). The Auk 100:390-403.
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Chandler, A. C. 1914. Antelopes in the fauna of Rancho La Brea. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 25:155.
Chandler, A. C. 1916. A study of the skull and dentition of Bison antiquus Leidy, with special reference to material from the Pacific coast. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 9(11):121‑135.
Chandler, A. C. 1916. Notes on Capromeryx material from the Pleistocene of Rancho La Brea. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 9(10):111‑120.
Chandler, A. C. 1916. The Bison of Rancho La Brea. Abstract, Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 27:170.
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Churcher, C. S. 1984. The status of Smilodontopsis (Brown, 1908) and Ischyrosmilus (Merriam, 1918). A taxonomic review of two genera of sabretooth cats (Felidae, Machairodontinae). Royal Ontario Museum, Life Science Contribution 140:1‑59.
Coltrain, J.B., J.M. Harris, T.E. Cerling, J.R. Ehleringer, M. Dearing, J. Ward, and J. Allen. 2004. Trophic level relationships among Rancho La Brea fauna and their implications for the paleoecology of the late Pleistocene based on bone collagen stable carbon and nitrogen isotope chemistry. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 205:199-219.
Compton, L. V. 1934. New bird records from the Pleistocene of Rancho La Brea. Condor 36(5):221‑222.
Compton, L. V. 1937. Shrews from the Pleistocene of the Rancho La Brea asphalt. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 24(5):85‑90.
Cox, S. M. 1979. Preliminary census of the Ursidae from Rancho La Brea. Abstract, Annual Meeting of the California Academy of Sciences 89:45.
Cox, S. M. 1991. Size range or sexual dimorphism in Arctodus simus from Rancho La Brea. Abstract, Annual Meeting of the California Academy of Sciences 1991(15).
Cox, S. M. 1992. The short-faced bear. Terra Magazine 31(1):25.
Cox, S. M. and G. T. Jefferson. 1988. The first individual skeleton of Smilodon from Rancho La Brea. Current Research in the Pleistocene 5:66‑67.
Crawford, D. L. 1912. The petroleum fly in California. Pomona College Journal of Entomology 4(2):687-697.
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Davidson, A. 1914. The oldest known tree. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 13(1):14‑16.
Dawson, W. R. 1948. Records of fringillids from the Pleistocene of Rancho La Brea. Condor 50(2):57‑63. (TYPE, Page: Pipilo angelensis sp. nov.)
Deevey, E. S., L. J. Gralenski and V. Hoffren. 1959. Yale natural radiocarbon measurements, IV. Radiocarbon 1:144‑172.
DeMay, I. S. 1941. Quaternary bird life of the McKittrick asphalt, California. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 530:35‑60.
DeMay, I. S. 1941. Pleistocene bird life of the Carpinteria asphalt, California. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 530:61‑76.
Denton, W. 1875. On the asphalt bed near Los Angeles, California. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 18:185‑186.
Dice, L. R. 1925. Rodents and Lagomorphs of the Rancho La Brea deposits. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 349:119‑130.
Doberenz, A. R. 1967. Ultrastructure of fossil dentinal collagen. California Tissue Research 1:166‑169.
Doberenz, A. R. and P. Matter III. 1965. Nitrogen analysis of fossil bones. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 16:253‑258.
Doberenz, A. R. and R. W. G. Wyckoff. 1967. Fine structure in fossil collagen. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 57:539‑541.
Dorr, Jr., J. A. 1956. Terrors of the tar pits ‑ two toenail sketches. Michigan Alumi Quarterly Review 62(18):220‑224.
Douglas, D. 1952. Measuring low‑level radioactivity. General Electric Review 55:16‑20.
Doyen, J. T. and S. E. Miller. 1980. Review of Pleistocene darkling ground beetles of the California asphalt deposits (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Zopheridae). Pan‑Pacific Entomology 56(1):1‑10.
Duckler, G. 1995. Deciphering the pathological relevance of skull abnormalities in late Pleistocene saber-tooth cats. Abstract, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 15(Supplement to #3):27A.
Duckler, G., F. Hertel and B. Van Valkenburgh. 1994. Paleopathologies of late Pleistocene dire wolves from Rancho La Brea. Abstract, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 14(Supplement to #3):23A.
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Gagne, R. J. and S. E. Miller. 1982. Protochrysomyia howardi from Rancho La Brea, California, Pleistocene, new junior synonym of Cochliomyia macellaria (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 80(2):95‑96.
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Howard, H. 1932. Eagles and eagle‑like vultures of the Pleistocene of Rancho La Brea. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 429:1‑82.
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