"Entire ecosystem" of fossils 8.7m years old found under Los Angeles
October 9, 2024 9:07 PM Subscribe
"Entire ecosystem" of fossils 8.7m years old found under Los Angeles high school. Researchers find two sites with fossils including saber-toothed salmon and megalodon, the huge prehistoric shark.
Take that, Sunnydale High.
posted by Avelwood at 9:36 PM on October 9 [7 favorites]
posted by Avelwood at 9:36 PM on October 9 [7 favorites]
given how much oil and natural gas we sit on, this is still pretty cool!
posted by drewbage1847 at 9:40 PM on October 9
posted by drewbage1847 at 9:40 PM on October 9
New School Mascot
posted by wmo at 9:43 PM on October 9 [6 favorites]
posted by wmo at 9:43 PM on October 9 [6 favorites]
This Zdenek Burian painting of a sabertooth tiger attacking a mammoth trapped in the La Brea tarpits immediately came to mind. His big Prehistoric Animals book was a big part of my childhood.
posted by y2karl at 11:23 PM on October 9 [2 favorites]
posted by y2karl at 11:23 PM on October 9 [2 favorites]
D'oh! Saw the sabertooth, missed the salmon.
posted by y2karl at 1:48 AM on October 10 [2 favorites]
posted by y2karl at 1:48 AM on October 10 [2 favorites]
Wait, my user name could've been sabertooth salmon? Damnit! I knew I was missing something
posted by Smedly, Butlerian jihadi at 4:09 AM on October 10 [1 favorite]
posted by Smedly, Butlerian jihadi at 4:09 AM on October 10 [1 favorite]
saber-toothed salmon
"In L.A., salmon eats YOU"
Awww I wish I lived closer so I could visit the closely related L.A. Natural History Museum's LA Underwater exhibit!
Thank you cpbc for brightening our day with this post!
posted by rabia.elizabeth at 6:02 AM on October 10
"In L.A., salmon eats YOU"
Awww I wish I lived closer so I could visit the closely related L.A. Natural History Museum's LA Underwater exhibit!
Thank you cpbc for brightening our day with this post!
posted by rabia.elizabeth at 6:02 AM on October 10
oooh this is way cool and add me to the "saber-tooth salmon!?!?!?!!" club.
posted by supermedusa at 9:49 AM on October 10
posted by supermedusa at 9:49 AM on October 10
While in investigating the high school, you discover a cache of *rolls d20, checks chart* fossils. Among the fossils is a *rolls d20* saber-toothed *rolls d20* salmon.
Roll for initiative.
posted by biogeo at 12:58 PM on October 10 [5 favorites]
Roll for initiative.
posted by biogeo at 12:58 PM on October 10 [5 favorites]
Whaaaaaaaat, there's still more fossils in the LA Oil field, and they weren't just all around Wilshire/La Brea?
Still very cool!
posted by ApathyGirl at 1:37 PM on October 10
Still very cool!
posted by ApathyGirl at 1:37 PM on October 10
No artists conception of the Saber Tooth Salmon?!
THIS IS THE BAD PLACE!
posted by evilDoug at 10:44 AM on October 11 [1 favorite]
THIS IS THE BAD PLACE!
posted by evilDoug at 10:44 AM on October 11 [1 favorite]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma%27alot_massacre
posted by Fupped Duck at 8:25 PM on October 11
posted by Fupped Duck at 8:25 PM on October 11
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Ok, surely they're just screwing with us now.
(Actually this is pretty cool, but "saber-tooth salmon" was news to me)
posted by Greg_Ace at 9:34 PM on October 9 [10 favorites]