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This list of the prehistoric life of California contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of California. Precambrian [ edit ]
Modern wolves are notably rarer at La Brea than the slightly larger dire wolves. One particular fossil preserves the femur of a wolf that survived a traumatic injury. The nature of the fossil suggests that the wolf's leg was either broken and developed a pseudarthrosis or that the leg was entirely amputated and healed. Such an injury could have ...
People first uncovered fossils around San Pedro High School in 1936. They were ancient shells belonging to snails and other mollusks from tens of thousands of years ago.
Some entries in this list are notable for a single, unique find, while others are notable for the large number of fossils found there. Many of the entries in this list are considered Lagerstätten (sedimentary deposits that exhibits extraordinary fossils with exceptional preservation—sometimes including preserved soft tissues).
The Santa Margarita Formation is a Neogene Period geologic formation in the San Joaquin Valley of central California. It preserves fossils dating back to the Miocene epoch . See also
Ranger Greg Francek found a trove of fossilized animals and petrified trees more than 5 million years old in an area east of Oakland, California.
This list of the Paleozoic life of California contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of California and are between 538.8 and 252.17 million years of age.