Eolian environments provide valuable information about arid climate intervals, yet the preservation of fossil bone microstructure, which can provide evidence of past environmental conditions in these settings, remains poorly understood. During the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), eolian systems were more widespread than today across both hemispheres. In order to identify patterns associated with this type of environment, a series o...

Rancho La Brea (RLB) in Los Angeles, USA, is an iconic fossil locality, owing to the high number and diversity of Quaternary vertebrate remains and their excellent preservation. More than a century of study, focused predominantly on large mammals, has provided valuable information along different lines of research, including taxonomy, taphonomy, isotopic ecology, functional morphology, and paleopathology. In order to develop a...