LACM Rancho La Brea

Aisling Farrell; Gary Takeuchi; William Mertz

doi:10.15468/zdn495

LACM Rancho La Brea

Citation

Farrell A, Takeuchi G, Mertz W (2024). LACM Rancho La Brea. Version 1.5. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/zdn495 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-12.

Description

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.

Sampling Description

Method steps

Taxonomic Coverages

Plantae
common name: plants rank: phylum
Arthropoda
common name: arthropods rank: phylum
Mollusca
common name: molluscs rank: phylum
Osteichthyes
common name: fishes rank: superclass
Amphibia
common name: amphibians rank: class
Reptilia
common name: reptiles rank: class
Aves
common name: birds rank: class
Mammalia
common name: mammals rank: class

Geographic Coverages

The LACMRLB collection has a very narrow geographic and temporal range.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Aisling Farrell
originator
position: Collections Manager
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Blvd
Los Angeles
90007
CA
US
email: afarrell@tarpits.org
homepage: http://tarpits.org
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9892-3086

Gary Takeuchi
originator
position: Collections Manager
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Blvd
Los Angeles
90007
CA
US
email: gtakeuch@tarpits.org
homepage: http://tarpits.org
userId: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-8559-1052

William Mertz
originator
position: Database Manager
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Blvd
Los Angeles
90007
CA
US
email: wmertz@nhm.org
homepage: http://www.nhm.org

Aisling Farrell
metadata author
position: Collections Manager
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Blvd
Los Angeles
90007
CA
US
email: afarrell@tarpits.org
homepage: http://tarpits.org
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9892-3086

Gary Takeuchi
metadata author
position: Collections Manager
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Blvd
Los Angeles
90007
CA
US
email: gtakeuch@tarpits.org
homepage: http://tarpits.org
userId: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-8559-1052

William Mertz
metadata author
position: Database Manager
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Blvd
Los Angeles
90007
CA
US
email: wmertz@nhm.org
homepage: http://www.nhm.org

Aisling Farrell
administrative point of contact
position: Collections Manager
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Blvd
Los Angeles
90007
CA
US
email: afarrell@tarpits.org
homepage: http://tarpits.org
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9892-3086

Gary Takeuchi
administrative point of contact
position: Collections Manager
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Blvd
Los Angeles
90007
CA
US
email: gtakeuch@tarpits.org
homepage: http://tarpits.org
userId: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-8559-1052

William Mertz
administrative point of contact
position: Database Manager
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Blvd
Los Angeles
90007
CA
US
email: wmertz@nhm.org
homepage: http://www.nhm.org