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Science 17 July 1970:
Vol. 169. no. 3942, pp. 277 - 278
DOI: 10.1126/science.169.3942.277
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Marine Fossils at Rancho La Brea

James W. Valentine 1 and Jere H. Lipps 1

1 Department of Geology and Institute of Ecology, University of California, Davis 95616

Marine assemblages of foraminifera, ostracods, mollusks, and echinoids were recovered from deposits stratigraphically beneath the classic vertebrate assemblages from the tar pits at Rancho La Brea. The marine fossils indicate deposition in quiet, shallow water and suggest that accumulation of the type Rancholabrean material began during Wisconsin time.


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