Comes with information card: Offers context and scientific background for educational use
Trapped remains from 40,000 years ago: Connects collectors to ancient Ice Age history
Above: The front of the Specimen Card for the Tar Pit Specimen. (Source: Smilodon californicus and Canis dirus fight over a Mammuthus columbi carcass in the La Brea Tar Pits, Robert Bruce Horsfall, 1913)
The La Brea Tar Pits are among the most well-known petroleum seeps in the world. Over millennia, such seeps can become lake-like forma
Material
Mined La Brea asphalt fossil
Origin
La Brea Tar Pits, Los Angeles, California
Preservation
Resin-infused, sealed in acrylic jar
Fossil Type
Animal remains (including coyotes, dung beetles, rabbits, bald eagle)
Condition
Excellent (EX)
Authenticity
Genuine
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Very nice specimen and helps me to visualize the pits when they were highly active