La Brea Tar Pits
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The La Brea Tar Pits constitute an active paleontological research site located in urban Los Angeles, California, United States. Hancock Park was established around a cluster of tar pits formed by nat
Methane gas bubble emerging at La Brea Tar Pits (2004)
Small tar pit
Illustration of several species getting mired in the tar pits
The Tar Pits in 1910. Oil derricks can be seen in the background.
Dire wolf
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The dire wolf is an extinct species of canine which was native to the Americas during the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene epochs. The species was named in 1858, four years after the first specimen
La Brea Tar Pits
…of an underground parking garage for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art next to the tar pits. Among the finds are remains of a saber-toothed cat, dire wolves, ancient bison, western horses, a giant Harlan's ground sloth, turtles, snails, clams, millipedes, fish, gophers, and an American lion. Also discovered…
Canis dirus Sternberg Museum
Display at the Page Museum of 404 dire wolf skulls found in the La Brea Tar Pits
Life restoration by Erwin S. Christman, 1916
Gray wolf skeleton (left) and dire wolf skeleton