The carnivoran fauna of Rancho La Brea: Average or aberrant?

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 329-330, Issue , 2012, Pages 118-123

  McHorse, Brianna K ^a   Orcutt, John D ^a   Davis, Edward B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Canis dirus; Carcass domination; Carnivore sociality; Preservation; Rancho La Brea; Smilodon

Indexed keywords

CANID; CARNIVORE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRAP (EQUIPMENT);

CALIFORNIA; RANCHO LA BREA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CANIS DIRUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; SMILODON; SMILODON FATALIS;

EID: 84859267693     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.02.022     Document Type: Article

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