You wouldn’t think you would find Saber-Toothed Cats and the very frightening Naeglele’s Giant Jaguar in Los Angeles right? Yet here they are in the middle of Los Angeles suburbia!
Along with Short-faced Bears, thousands of Dire Wolves, Bison, Pigs, Deer, Tapir, Horses, Camels, Giant Ground Sloths, Mastodon, and a very frightening bird called Merriam’s Teratorn (wingspan 3.2m). Yes Hollywood was once filled with these animals and Indians who hunted them.
Animals that got stuck in the black ooze were food for predators who often became stuck themselves. Thus there are a large number of fossil predators recovered from the pits.
A menagerie of animals lived in Los Angeles, Southern California USA, which was once an open plain that was lush open grazing fields with streams.
Along with Short-faced Bears, thousands of Dire Wolves, Bison, Pigs, Deer, Tapir, Horses, Camels, Giant Ground Sloths, Mastodon, and a very frightening bird called Merriam’s Teratorn (wingspan 3.2m). Yes Hollywood was once filled with these animals and Indians who hunted them.
Animals that got stuck in the black ooze were food for predators who often became stuck themselves. Thus there are a large number of fossil predators recovered from the pits.
A menagerie of animals lived in Los Angeles, Southern California USA, which was once an open plain that was lush open grazing fields with streams.
Many of these animals were preserved in the Tar Pits (Asphalt). The Tar Pits still bubble with gasses today! Oil Wells still operate on the soil of Los Angeles today pumping crude from the depths that are the remains of plants and animals and other organisms, which perished in the Global Flood and were preserved as crude oil or asphalt.
I explored the Tar Pits and museum of Rancho La Brea, located at Hancock Park, Los Angeles.
Several human artefacts were also found in the La Brea Tar Pits including a basalt cogged-stone wheel and deer bone hairpins, hunting objects, and worked wood. Local Indian’s would utilise the tar for waterproofing objects and other uses.
A human skull of an 18yr old woman (La Brea Woman) and several skeletal elements were found in one of the pits.
For more information read:
Brancho La Brea - Death Trap and Treasure Trove, George C Page, Special Edition, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Edited by John M Harris, TERRA Vol.38, No.2, April/May/June, 2001.
Rancho La Brea: Treasures of the Tar Pits, John M Harris, Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Foundation, 2010.
I explored the Tar Pits and museum of Rancho La Brea, located at Hancock Park, Los Angeles.
Several human artefacts were also found in the La Brea Tar Pits including a basalt cogged-stone wheel and deer bone hairpins, hunting objects, and worked wood. Local Indian’s would utilise the tar for waterproofing objects and other uses.
A human skull of an 18yr old woman (La Brea Woman) and several skeletal elements were found in one of the pits.
For more information read:
Brancho La Brea - Death Trap and Treasure Trove, George C Page, Special Edition, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Edited by John M Harris, TERRA Vol.38, No.2, April/May/June, 2001.
Rancho La Brea: Treasures of the Tar Pits, John M Harris, Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Foundation, 2010.