Description

Block of bird bones
Late Pleistocene (Rancholabrean)
Rancho La Brea Formation
Maricopa Tar Pits
Kern County, California, USA
Bird bones on large 108mm x 118mm matrix from the famous Tar Pits of California.

Bird bones are generally rare in the fossil record so it’s interesting to see specimens from any time period. The late Pleistocene is a geological yesterday so most species found in the tar still live today and may be identified by an ornithologist.

Here is an association of bones that should interest anyone who collects bird specimens or anyone who wants a sample from the tar pits of California.