The biogeography of “breas”: Contextualizing the taphonomy, ecology, and diversity of Trinidad’s asphaltic fossil record

The biogeography of “breas”: Contextualizing the taphonomy, ecology, and diversity of Trinidad’s asphaltic fossil record

While the lagerstätte Rancho La Brea in California, USA has yielded millions of specimens, fossiliferous asphaltic deposits (“tar pits” or “breas”) are globally rare, with

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Veröffentlicht in:Quaternary science reviews 2020-03, Vol.232, p.106179, Article 106179
Hauptverfasser: Mychajliw, A.M., Mohammed, R.S., Rice, K.A., Farrell, A.B., Rincón, A.D., McAfee, R., McDonald, H.G., Lindsey, E.L.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Asphalt
Biogeography
Caribbean
Megafauna
Paleoecology
Plio-Pleistocene transition
Quaternary
South America
Tar pits
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Zusammenfassung:While the lagerstätte Rancho La Brea in California, USA has yielded millions of specimens, fossiliferous asphaltic deposits (“tar pits” or “breas”) are globally rare, with
ISSN:0277-3791
1873-457X
DOI:10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106179