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Location of Los Angeles.

There is a relatively large number of sites within Los Angeles County (most within the city limits of Los Angeles), with many of the sites with only one or a few taxa. To keep the number of linked sites to a reasonable number, the decision has been made to handle many of these under three groupings: Los Angeles A - D, Los Angeles E - M, and Los Angeles N - Z. Within each major group, sites are grouped by age. Sites dated as 18O substage 5e (130-120 ka BP) in Jefferson (1991a, 1991b) are assigned to the Sangamon interglacial for our purposes.

Since many of the site names will be unfamiliar to persons not attuned to Los Angeles and vicinity, the site names from the three Los Angeles County site accounts are underlined in the taxon accounts, indicating that they are located within Los Angeles County.










Rancholabrean Age
Acton Railroad Station, Soledad Canyon

Fauna.

†Mammuthus columbi—Columbian Mammoth (Jefferson 1991b)

Alameda St. and Sepulveda Blvd., Carson

Fauna.

Bison sp.—Bison (Jefferson 1991b)

Alameda and Workman streets (Workman Storm Drain)

Fauna.

†Meleagris californica—California Turkey (Jefferson 2014)

Jefferson (1991a) lists ? Meleagris californica as recovered "from Alhambra and Workman streets (Workman Storm Drain)", but gives the same institutional locality (LACM 1023) as for this locality.

†Smilodon fatalis—Sabertooth (Jefferson 1991b: cf.)
†Equus sp.—Horses (Jefferson 1991b)
Odocoileus hemionus—Mule Deer (Jefferson 1991b: cf.)

Anaheim Blvd. and Vermont Ave., San Pedro

Fauna.

†Tapirus californicus—California Tapir (Jefferson 1991b: cf.)

Anaheim Blvd. and Henry Ford Blvd.

Fauna.

Bison sp.—Bison (Jefferson 1991b)

Artesia

Fauna.

†Equus sp. (small)— (Jefferson 1991b)

Athens on the Hill

Fauna.

†Mammuthus sp.—Mammoths (Jefferson 1991b)

Ballona Creek Wash

Fauna.

†Mammuthus sp.—Mammoths (Jefferson 1991b)
Homo sapiens—Human (Jefferson 1991b)
†Equus sp.—Horses (Jefferson 1991b)
†Camelops sp.—American Camels (Jefferson 1991b)

Beverly Blvd. and Kilkea Drive

Fauna.

†Mammut americanum—American Mastodont (Jefferson 1991b)
†Mammuthus columbi—Columbian Mammoth (Jefferson 1991b: cf.)

Beverly Hills

Fauna.

†Mammut sp.—Mastodons (Jefferson 1991b)

Bixby Road between Atlantic and Orange avenues, Long Beach

Fauna.

†Mammuthus sp.—Mammoths (Jefferson 1991b: ? gen.)

Bixby Park, Long Beach

Fauna.

†Mammuthus columbi—Columbian Mammoth (Jefferson 1991b: cf.)

Blue Diamond Company, Alameda and 16th streets

Fauna.

†Mammuthus columbi—Columbian Mammoth (Jefferson 1991b: cf.)
†Bison antiquus—Ancient Bison (Jefferson 1991b: cf.)

Brickyard, 13633 South Central Ave.

Fauna.

†Mammuthus sp.—Mammoths (Jefferson 1991b)
Centinella Park

Fauna.

†Megalonyx sp.—Megalonyx Sloths (Jefferson 1991b)
†Panthera atrox—American Lion (Jefferson 1991b: cf.)
Mustela frenata—Long-tailed Weasel (Jefferson 1991b: cf.)
†Platygonus sp.—Flat-headed Peccaries (Jefferson 1991b)
†Capromeryx sp.—Diminutive Pronghorns (Jefferson 1991b)

Century Blvd. and Van Ness Ave.

Fauna.

†Mammuthus sp.—Mammoths (Jefferson 1991b)
†Paramylodon sp.—Paramylodon Ground Sloth (Jefferson 1991b)

Glossotherium

Thomomys bottae—Botta's Pocket Gopher (Jefferson 1991b)
†Equus sp. (large)—Large Horses (Jefferson 1991b)
†Bison latifrons—Giant Bison (Jefferson 1991b)

Chandler Oil Field, Puente Hills, Whittier

Fauna.

Bison bison—Bison (Jefferson 1991b)

Channel St. between Gaffey St. and Harbor Freeway, San Pedro

Fauna.

Pelecanus erythrorhynchos—American White Pelican (Jefferson 1991a)
Brachyramphus sp.—Murrelets (Jefferson 1991a)

Chatsworth, Plumer, and Farralone avenues

Fauna.

†Equus sp.—Horses (Jefferson 1991b)

Cherry Ave. and Spring St., Long Beach

Fauna.

†Mammuthus sp.—Mammoths (Jefferson 1991b)

Compton

Fauna.

†Mammuthus sp.—Mammoths (Jefferson 1991b)

Consolidated Rock Co., Alameda St. near 26th St.

Fauna.

†Mammut americanum—American Mastodont (Jefferson 1991b)

Crenshaw Blvd. and 236th St., Torrance

Fauna.

†Equus sp.—Horses (Jefferson 1991b)

Culver City East

Fauna.

†Equus sp.—Horses (Jefferson 1991b)
†Camelops sp.—American Camels (Jefferson 1991b)

Cypress and Slauson avenues, Hyde Park

Fauna.

†Mammuthus columbi—Columbian Mammoth (Jefferson 1991b)
†Mammut americanum—American Mastodont (Jefferson 1991b)
†Equus sp.—Horses (Jefferson 1991b)
†Camelops hesternus—Yesterday's Camel (Jefferson 1991b)

Dacolite Quarry, Walteria

Fauna.

†Mammuthus sp.—Mammoths (Jefferson 1991b)

Davidson Brick Quarry, Belvedere

Fauna.

†Equus sp.—Horses (Jefferson 1991b)

Decker Road, Malibu

Fauna.

Bison sp.—Bison (Jefferson 1991b)

Dominguez Hills

Fauna.

†Mammuthus sp.—Mammoths (Jefferson 1991b)

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Sangamon Interglacial
Anaheim Blvd. and Normandy Ave., Harbor City

Fauna.

†Equus sp.—Horses (Jefferson 1991b)
Bison sp.—Bison (Jefferson 1991b)

Beacon and Second streets, San Pedro

Fauna.

†Megalonyx jeffersoni—Jefferson's Ground Sloth (Jefferson 2014)

Bent Spring Canyon, Palos Verdes Hills

Fauna.

†Camelops sp.—American Camel (Jefferson 2014: cf.)

Bixby Slough (Harbor Lake), Harbor City

Fauna.

†Chendytes lawi—Law's Flightless Sea Duck (Jefferson 1991a)
Chandler Sand Pit, Rolling Hills Estates

Fauna.

†Chendytes lawi—Law's Flightless Sea Duck (Jefferson 1991a)
Gavia sp.—Loons (Jefferson 1991a)
Aechmophorus occidentalis—Western Grebe (Jefferson 1991a)
†Mammuthus columbi—Columbian Mammoth (Jefferson 1991b: cf.)
†Mammut americanum—American Mastodont (Jefferson 1991b)
†Megalonyx sp.—Megalonyx Ground Sloths (Jefferson 1991b)
†Equus sp.—Horses (Jefferson 1991b)
†Tapirus californicus—California Tapir (Jefferson 1991b: cf.)
Odocoileus hemionus—Mule Deer (Jefferson 1991b: cf.)
Bison sp.—Bison (Jefferson 1991b)

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Wisconsin Age
Agua Amarga Canyon, Palos Verdes Hills, ? Wisconsin Age

Fauna.

†Bison latifrons—Giant Bison (Jefferson 1991b)
Bluefield, Whittier

Fauna.

†Equus sp.—Horses (Jefferson 1991b)
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Literature. Howard 1936; Jefferson 1991a, 1991b, 2014

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Last Update: 15 Apr 2015