The La Brea Tar Pits is an active paleontological research site in urban Los Angeles. Hancock Park was formed around a group of tar pits where natural...
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prehistoric and extinct species whose fossils have been found in the La Brea Tar Pits, located in present-day Hancock Park, a city park on the Miracle Mile...
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Tar pits, sometimes referred to as asphalt pits, are large asphalt deposits. They form in the presence of petroleum, which is created when decayed organic...
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La Brea Woman was a human whose remains were found in the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, California. The remains, first discovered in the pits in 1914...
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Park La Brea (Spanish: La Brea—"The tar", after the nearby La Brea Tar Pits) is an apartment community in the Miracle Mile District of Los Angeles, California...
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insects recovered from the pits are on display at the Baku Natural-Historical Museum. La Brea Tar Pits – group of tar pits around which Hancock Park was...
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American lion (section La Brea Tar Pits)
named taxa with Felis atrox. At least 80 individuals are known from La Brea Tar Pits and the fossils define the subspecies, giving a comprehensive view...
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La Brea (Spanish for "the tar" or "the tar pits") may refer to: La Brea Avenue La Brea Bakery La Brea Tar Pits Park La Brea, Los Angeles, a large apartment...
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Carpinteria Tar Pits are a natural asphalt lake areas similar to Tierra de Brea Trinidad and Tobago, Lake Guanoco in Venezuela and the La Brea Tar Pits (Los...
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George C. Page (section The La Brea Tar Pits)
philanthropist best known as the namesake of the Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, California. Page was born in Fremont, Nebraska. He...
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