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Specimen Record

ContinentNorth America
CountryUnited States
State/ProvinceCalifornia
County/ParishLos Angeles County
LocalityRancho La Brea Tar Pits, Pit [a]
Latitude34.0637
Longitude-118.356825
Institution CodeLacm
Collection CodeRlb
Catalog NumberHc 6699e
Collected ByRancho La Brea Field Party
Date Collected1929-01-05
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Taxonomy
FieldOriginalInterpreted What does this mean?
Scientific NameCarabidaecarabidae
KingdomAnimaliaanimalia
PhylumArthropodaarthropoda
ClassInsectainsecta
Ordercoleoptera Interpreted
FamilyCarabidaecarabidae
Taxon RankFamilyfamily
Specimen
FieldOriginalInterpreted What does this mean?
Identified ByWilliam Dwight PierceWilliam Dwight Pierce
Catalog NumberHC 6699Ehc 6699e
Preparationsbody fossilbody fossil
Institution CodeLACMlacm
Collection CodeRLBrlb
Occurrence IDa89c7c13-f4cf-4f61-83b9-811a1366d30fa89c7c13-f4cf-4f61-83b9-811a1366d30f
Dataset NameFossil Insect Collaborative TCN (NSF 1702342)Fossil Insect Collaborative TCN (NSF 1702342)
Basis of RecordFossilSpecimenfossilspecimen
Type of ResourcePhysicalObjectPhysicalObject
Collection Event
FieldOriginalInterpreted What does this mean?
Collected ByRancho La Brea field Partyrancho la brea field party
Date Collected19291929-01-05T00:00:00+00:00 Interpreted
Locality
FieldOriginalInterpreted What does this mean?
CountryUnited States of Americaunited states Interpreted
State / ProvinceCaliforniacalifornia
CountyLos Angeles Countylos angeles county
MunicipalityLos Angeleslos angeles
Higher GeographyNorth America | United States of America | California | Los Angeles CountyNorth America | United States of America | California | Los Angeles County
ContinentNorth Americanorth america
LocalityRancho La Brea Tar Pits, Pit [A]rancho la brea tar pits, pit [a]
Decimal Latitude34.063734.0637
Decimal Longitude-118.356825-118.356825
Georeference Protocolcentroid of Rancho La Brea sitecentroid of Rancho La Brea site
Coordinate Uncertainty In Meters200200
Geodetic DatumWGS84WGS84
Georeferenced ByAisling FarrellAisling Farrell
Georeferenced Date20192019
Paleo Context
FieldOriginalInterpreted What does this mean?
Earliest Period Or Lowest SystemQuaternaryquaternary
Latest Period Or Highest SystemQuaternaryquaternary
Earliest Epoch Or Lowest SeriesPleistocenepleistocene
Latest Epoch Or Highest SeriesPleistocenepleistocene
Earliest Age Or Lowest StageCenozoiccenozoic
Latest Age Or Highest StageCenozoiccenozoic
Other
FieldOriginalInterpreted What does this mean?
Languageenen
Modified2024-11-262024-11-26
IDa89c7c13-f4cf-4f61-83b9-811a1366d30fa89c7c13-f4cf-4f61-83b9-811a1366d30f
dwc:informationWithheldadditional locality information available upon requestadditional locality information available upon request
dcterms:bibliographicCitationRLB HC 6699E (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Rancho La Brea Collection)RLB HC 6699E (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Rancho La Brea Collection)
dwc:collectionIDhttps://scientific-collections.gbif.org/collection/db7b717a-fa8c-4bd4-b89f-2de698bbdaabhttps://scientific-collections.gbif.org/collection/db7b717a-fa8c-4bd4-b89f-2de698bbdaab
dwc:georeferenceVerificationStatusverified by curatorverified by curator
dwc:dynamicPropertiesANATOMY: elytronANATOMY: elytron
dwc:georeferenceSourcesGoogle EarthGoogle Earth
dwc:dispositionin collectionsin collections
dwc:ownerInstitutionCodeLACMLACM
dwc:institutionIDhttps://scientific-collections.gbif.org/institution/2fc908ba-e775-49e2-bffe-6b9041c3b70fhttps://scientific-collections.gbif.org/institution/2fc908ba-e775-49e2-bffe-6b9041c3b70f
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