‘Entire ecosystem’ of fossils 8.7m years old found under Los Angeles high school
‘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
Researchers find two sites with fossils including saber-toothed salmon and megalodon, the huge prehistoric shark
Marine fossils dating back to as early as 8.7m years ago have been uncovered beneath a south Los Angeles high school.
On Friday, the Los Angeles Times reported that researchers had discovered two sites on the campus of San Pedro high school under which fossils including those of a saber-toothed salmon and a megalodon, the gigantic prehistoric shark, were buried.
According to the outlet, the two sites where the fossils were found include an 8.7m-year-old bone bed from the Miocene era and a 120,000-year-old shell bed from the Pleistocene era.
The discoveries were made between June 2022 and July 2024, LAist reports.
Sabertoothed salmon?
Not just that. Ill-tempered sabertoothed salmon.
The only difference between now and 10m years ago is that every creature had bigger teeth back then. Prove me wrong.
The most badass of the salmon. They didn't literally have saber-tooths, but they did have fang-like teeth. They could grow in size to almost 9 ft long and over 400 lb!
I'll bet they were delicious.
The carp stands up.
Kudos to anyone who gets that reference.
Time to get a coffee, I think. As a metric person it took me too many tries trying to parse "8.7 meters years old"
They used to measure the Kessel Run in meter-years until the numbers got too big to convey in astromech code.
I love the convoluted explanation "serious" Star Wars fans have come up with. Like dudes, it was a fuckup. George didn't know what a parsec was. It's okay. Star Trek does it all the time too and the same sort of "serious" fans come up with silly explanations for why you can go faster than Warp 10, which is infinitely fast, and turn into a giant salamander. Just roll with it, guys. Stop caring.
So this school was built on an ancient Pleistocene burial ground. I know that trope well enough to know what happened next
A little early for Encino Man, but I can dig it.
San Pedro students: "Ugh. We have to go to yet another assembly about fossils."
Because there's no way the school is going to present it in a fashion that most teenagers will care about. Not in the American educational system.
Excavate it all and replace with the achool board.
Mmm, salmon!
