A Statistical Study of the Metapodials of the Dire Wolf from the Pleistocene of Rancho La Brea

Author: Nigra, John Oscar

Year: 1946

Degree: Master's thesis

Advisor: Stock, Chester

Committee Member: Unknown, Unknown

Option: Geology

DOI: 10.7907/N245-ER21

Abstract

Although many features of the Rancho La Brea Pleistocene asphalt deposits are well known to every student of paleontology, much material has remained virtually untouched or has received very little study since the time of the excavation. This is unfortunate, since the large numbers of individuals of certain forms offer opportunities for faunal studies rarely found when dealing with fossil collections. A striking example is furnished by the remains of dire wolves representing more than a thousand individuals.

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