During construction of the the Purple (D Line) Extension Transit Project we have unearthed more than 500 fossils so far, including some that date back to the Ice Age. In order [continue reading]
Some more fossil-related news from the team building the Purple Line Extension: A piece of a horn that is believed to be from an extinct species known as a long-horned [continue reading]
Earlier this year, a discovery was made at the site of the future Historic Broadway Station, one of three new Regional Connector stations. While performing station excavation, crews discovered a [continue reading]
Here’s a fun fact: paleontologists estimate that less than one percent of life on earth turns into fossils. That’s why all fossils are of interest. They’re rare. Rare as they [continue reading]
Would you like to watch paleontologists work on the Purple Line Extension fossil finds? For the next several months, you can visit the Paleontology Laboratory at the La Brea Tar [continue reading]
Recently — and to their surprise — Metro contractors found a late 19th Century jaw bone from a cow about six to eight feet below Wilshire Boulevard near the future Wilshire/La Cienega Station [continue reading]
We Found Bones! Quick Facts: • Bones were found 16 feet below Crenshaw Boulevard, between 63rd Street and Hyde Park Boulevard. • One bone is a fragment of a bison. [continue reading]
Metro Purple Line Extension workers excavating the future subway station at Wilshire and La Brea Avenue in L.A.’s Miracle Mile District have unearthed the station’s second Ice Age fossils: a [continue reading]
Three pretty good new pics of the working taking place under Wilshire to excavate the future Wilshire/La Brea Station for the Purple Line Extension. The first segment of the project [continue reading]
ICYMI: fossils of ancient elephants were found in the Wilshire/La Brea Station excavation site recently. Parts of one fossil have been identified as belonging to an adult mastodon, while the [continue reading]
