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1 day ago · Learn about the prehistoric and extinct species whose fossils have been found in the La Brea Tar Pits, a city park in Los Angeles. See the list of mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians, and their common names, species, material, notes and images.
Jul 30, 2024 · In the sticky oil seeps known as the La Brea Tar Pits, tiny petroleum flies and their larvae thrive in the natural asphalt that oozes up to the surface. The larvae hunt among the fossilized bones of dire wolves, mammoths and saber-toothed cats.
2 days ago · La Brea in Spanish means "the tar". Many fossils that dates back to the Ice Age have been unearthed from the sites, and the tar pits are still currently acti...
Aug 1, 2024 · These fossils were all found here, in the La Brea Tar Pits. While some call this viscous substance tar, it’s actually natural asphalt. Mix that with sand, gravel and rocks, and you’ve got a...
Jul 30, 2024 · La Brea Tar Pits has a reputation for being a death trap, but one animal thrives among the fossils and freshly stuck critters that are entrapped every day in the asphalt seeps: the petroleum fly Helaeomyia petrolei.
Jul 31, 2024 · Discover more about the La Brea Tar Pits and Museum, where plants and animals from the last 50,000 years are discovered every day. The museum is located right in the heart of Los Angeles.
Aug 1, 2024 · As part of an image exchange between White Sands and La Brea Tar Pits, Collections Manager Greg Davies scanned a Harlan’s ground sloth foot from the Tar Pits. From the images below, the evidence of feet adapted to their peculiar way of walking is hard to miss.
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