Latest Imageshttps://www.thefossilforum.com/gallery/album/1906-california-tar-pit-specimens/Latest ImagesenLa Brea Dire Wolf Mandiblehttps://www.thefossilforum.com/gallery/image/34363-la-brea-dire-wolf-mandible/Dire wolf (Canis dirus) mandible

La Brea tar pits, Los Angeles County, California

Pleistocene

(length is shown in the photo)

La Brea Dire Wolf Mandible

]]>34363Wed, 30 Jul 2014 22:00:59 +0000La Brea Dire Wolf Mandiblehttps://www.thefossilforum.com/gallery/image/34362-la-brea-dire-wolf-mandible/Dire wolf (Canis dirus) mandible

La Brea tar pits, Los Angeles County, California

Pleistocene

(length is shown in the photo)

La Brea Dire Wolf Mandible

]]>34362Wed, 30 Jul 2014 22:00:55 +0000La Brea Dire Wolf Distal Phalanx (Claw)https://www.thefossilforum.com/gallery/image/34361-la-brea-dire-wolf-distal-phalanx-claw/Dire wolf (Canis dirus) distal phalanx (claw)

Labeled as being from the tar pits in Los Angeles County, but more likely from the McKittrick tar seeps in Kern County, CA. At any rate, the person I got it from extracted it from an old block of tar matrix themselves.

Pleistocene (Rancholabrean)

(length is indicated in the photo)

La Brea Dire Wolf Distal Phalanx (Claw)

]]>34361Wed, 30 Jul 2014 22:00:50 +0000La Brea Smilodon Pisiformhttps://www.thefossilforum.com/gallery/image/34360-la-brea-smilodon-pisiform/Sabercat (Smilodon fatalis) pisiform bone

La Brea tar pits, Los Angeles County, California

Pleistocene

(length is shown in the photo)

La Brea Smilodon Pisiform

]]>34360Wed, 30 Jul 2014 22:00:43 +0000La Brea Smilodon Metacarpalhttps://www.thefossilforum.com/gallery/image/34359-la-brea-smilodon-metacarpal/Sabercat (Smilodon fatalis) metacarpal bone

La Brea tar pits, Los Angeles County, California

Pleistocene

(length is shown in the photo)

La Brea Smilodon Metacarpal

]]>34359Wed, 30 Jul 2014 22:00:36 +0000La Brea Smilodon Sesamoidhttps://www.thefossilforum.com/gallery/image/34358-la-brea-smilodon-sesamoid/Sabercat (Smilodon fatalis) sesamoid bone

La Brea tar pits, Los Angeles County, California

Pleistocene

(size is shown in the photo)

La Brea Smilodon Sesamoid

]]>34358Wed, 30 Jul 2014 22:00:32 +0000American Lion Teeth on Tar Matrixhttps://www.thefossilforum.com/gallery/image/34357-american-lion-teeth-on-tar-matrix/Americna lion (Panthera atrox) teeth on matrix

La Brea tar pits, Los Angeles County, California

Pleistocene

(size is shown in the photo)

Not really sure whether these are truly "in situ" or not - the specimen appears to have had some prep work done on it.

American Lion Teeth on Tar Matrix

]]>34357Wed, 30 Jul 2014 22:00:16 +0000La Brea Coyote Axishttps://www.thefossilforum.com/gallery/image/34356-la-brea-coyote-axis/Coyote (Canis latrans) axis

Labeled as being from the tar pits in Los Angeles County, but more likely from the McKittrick tar seeps in Kern County, CA. At any rate, the person I got it from extracted it from an old block of tar matrix themselves.

Pleistocene (Rancholabrean)

(length is shown in the photo)

La Brea Coyote Axis

]]>34356Wed, 30 Jul 2014 21:58:42 +0000La Brea Coyote Humerushttps://www.thefossilforum.com/gallery/image/34355-la-brea-coyote-humerus/Coyote (Canis latrans) humerus

Labeled as being from the tar pits in Los Angeles County, but more likely from the McKittrick tar seeps in Kern County, CA. At any rate, the person I got it from extracted it from an old block of tar matrix themselves.

Pleistocene (Rancholabrean)

(length is shown in the photo)

La Brea Coyote Humerus

]]>34355Wed, 30 Jul 2014 21:58:39 +0000La Brea Coyote Scapula (Fragment)https://www.thefossilforum.com/gallery/image/34354-la-brea-coyote-scapula-fragment/Coyote (Canis latrans) scapula fragment

Labeled as being from the tar pits in Los Angeles County, but more likely from the McKittrick tar seeps in Kern County, CA. At any rate, the person I got it from extracted it from an old block of tar matrix themselves.

Pleistocene (Rancholabrean)

(length is shown in the photo)

La Brea Coyote Scapula (Fragment)

]]>34354Wed, 30 Jul 2014 21:58:31 +0000