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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 ]
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.
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park (/ ˈ æ n z ə b ə ˈ r eɪ ɡ oʊ /, AN-zə bə-RAY-goh) is a California State Park located within the Colorado Desert of Southern California, United States. The park takes its name from 18th century Spanish explorer Juan Bautista de Anza and borrego , a Spanish word for sheep. [ 1 ]
Dinosaurs and Other Mesozoic Reptiles of California. Berkeley: University of California Press. 318 pp. ISBN 9780520233157. Mayor, Adrienne. Fossil Legends of the First Americans. Princeton University Press. 2005. ISBN 0-691-11345-9. Murray, Marian (1974). Hunting for Fossils: A Guide to Finding and Collecting Fossils in All 50 States. Collier ...
Diagram depicting the soft part anatomy of the sea snail Abyssochrysos † Abyssochrysos – tentative report † Abyssochrysos giganteum – type locality for species † Acaeniotyle † Acaeniotyle umbilicata – or unidentified related form † Acanthoceras † Acanthoceras rhotomagense – or unidentified related form † Acanthoceras roguense – or unidentified related form ...
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 ...
Fossil collecting – Collecting fossils to study, collect or sell; Fossil park; Jurassic Coast – World Heritage Site on the coast of southern England; Lagerstätte – Sedimentary deposit with well-preserved extraordinary fossils; Lists of dinosaur-bearing stratigraphic units; List of fossil parks around the world; List of fossil parks in India