A mural by Mark Hallett in the Page Museum depicts hundreds of species whose fossils have been found in the La Brea Tar Pits
PAGE MUSEUM AT THE LA BREA TAR PITS
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Paisley
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This is a truly amazing article. I have always been a big fan of paleontology and of the Tar Pits, but I had no idea that there were so many diverse species of ice-age animals right here in LA. It is so fascinating that the first bones were found by a farmer, who thought they were merely cow bones. With science, we were able to figure out that they were not, in fact, cow bones, as predicted, but bones of a species from a completely different era completely. It was amazing also that the paleo-entomologist was able to discover the bee pupa fossils from the tar pits as well. The species of Canis Dirus they found was also fascinating that it was the same size as a modern-day gray wolf, but much, much heftier than its descendant. Finally, I think that it was interesting that the Ice Age did not hit Southern California in the least, but there were some glaciers in the north of the area of the Tar Pits, and the warm weather was why there was so much species diversity in the are of the tarpits long, long ago.
This is amazing, how the Tar Pits hold so many fossils. Like Paisley said, I never knew how many species are in LA today! There are so many fossils, I wonder how many animals actually got trapped this way. I assume a lot, since they traveled a lot, I would think. This is such an amazing article, and I really enjoyed it.
This is awesome. It is amazing how many fossils the scientists found! There are a lot of species too. It is so cool how the scientists can find so much about history and different species in one fossil. I wonder how researchers thought some of the species would end up. This was a very informative article and I would love to have more articles about it.
I was very interested int this particular article because a have a bit of an interest in paleontology. I have visited The La Brea Tar Pits and have seen things a lot things very similar to this.
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This is a truly amazing article. I have always been a big fan of paleontology and of the Tar Pits, but I had no idea that there were so many diverse species of ice-age animals right here in LA. It is so fascinating that the first bones were found by a farmer, who thought they were merely cow bones. With science, we were able to figure out that they were not, in fact, cow bones, as predicted, but bones of a species from a completely different era completely. It was amazing also that the paleo-entomologist was able to discover the bee pupa fossils from the tar pits as well. The species of Canis Dirus they found was also fascinating that it was the same size as a modern-day gray wolf, but much, much heftier than its descendant. Finally, I think that it was interesting that the Ice Age did not hit Southern California in the least, but there were some glaciers in the north of the area of the Tar Pits, and the warm weather was why there was so much species diversity in the are of the tarpits long, long ago.
This is amazing, how the Tar Pits hold so many fossils. Like Paisley said, I never knew how many species are in LA today! There are so many fossils, I wonder how many animals actually got trapped this way. I assume a lot, since they traveled a lot, I would think. This is such an amazing article, and I really enjoyed it.
This is awesome. It is amazing how many fossils the scientists found! There are a lot of species too. It is so cool how the scientists can find so much about history and different species in one fossil. I wonder how researchers thought some of the species would end up. This was a very informative article and I would love to have more articles about it.
I was very interested int this particular article because a have a bit of an interest in paleontology. I have visited The La Brea Tar Pits and have seen things a lot things very similar to this.
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