. The age of mammals in Europe, Asia and North America. Mammals, Fossil; Paleontology. PLEISTOCENE OF EUROPE, NORTH AFRICA, AND NORTH AMERICA 473 association of horses, mylodont sloths, sal)cr-tooth cats, camels, and Colum- bian mammoths, indicating the life of mid-Pleistocene times. With these animals also occur the bison. The absence of remains of mastodons and tapirs may be due to local causes, since this fauna is chiefly that of the open plains or meadows which surrounded this ancient asphalt lake. The chief forest types thus far mentioned are the deer and the squirrrels. Among the charact
. The age of mammals in Europe, Asia and North America. Mammals, Fossil; Paleontology. PLEISTOCENE OF EUROPE, NORTH AFRICA, AND NORTH AMERICA 473 association of horses, mylodont sloths, sal)cr-tooth cats, camels, and Colum- bian mammoths, indicating the life of mid-Pleistocene times. With these animals also occur the bison. The absence of remains of mastodons and tapirs may be due to local causes, since this fauna is chiefly that of the open plains or meadows which surrounded this ancient asphalt lake. The chief forest types thus far mentioned are the deer and the squirrrels. Among the characteristic species of mammals thus far recorded are two species of wolves, a saber-tooth {Smilodon californicus), a leonine cat {Felis. Fig. 205. — Rancho La Brea, California. Water pool with asphaltic margin and tar ooz- ing out at many points. Great numbers of animals have been entrapped at such localities in the past. Recently a barn owl was caught in the tar at the edge of the pool. Photograph by J. C. Merriam, 1909. atrox bebbi), a bison (B. antiquus), a mammoth (f E. columbi), a sloth (Paramylodon nebrascensis), and a horse (E. pacificus). Among the birds, according to the studies of Miller,^ the raptorial species predominate. No less than thirty-three individuals of the golden eagle (Aquila chrymetos) have been recovered. Among the non-predaceous birds are the great blue heron (Ardea herodias), the American raven (Corvus corax), the Canada goose {Branta canadensis). A new form is Teratornis, a raptorial i}'])e. Especially novel is the determination of a fossil peacock,- because the ' Miller, L. H., Teratornis, a New Avian Genus from Rancho La Brea. Univ. Cnl. Publ., Bull. Depl. GeoL, Vol. V, no. 21, Sept., 1909, pp. .305-317. - Miller, L. H., Pavo californicus, a Fossil Peacock from the Quaternary Asphalt Beds of Rancho La Brea. Univ. Cal. Publ., Bull. Dept. GeoL, Vol. V, no. 19, 1909, pp. 285, 2S9, PI. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page im
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