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submitted 3 days ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

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.

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[-] danjoubu@lemmy.world 32 points 3 days ago
[-] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 27 points 3 days ago
[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago

When bears get bitten back.

[-] qisope@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

it's ok, the sabertoothed bears were prepared for this

[-] ripcord@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

It's like he's wearing comfy pajamas.

[-] danjoubu@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Covered with the blood of any who would oppose them

[-] LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)
[-] AmidFuror@fedia.io 20 points 3 days ago

Not just that. Ill-tempered sabertoothed salmon.

[-] Drusas@fedia.io 8 points 3 days ago

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.

[-] DemBoSain@midwest.social 10 points 3 days ago

The only difference between now and 10m years ago is that every creature had bigger teeth back then. Prove me wrong.

[-] msage@programming.dev 1 points 3 days ago

The carp stands up.

Kudos to anyone who gets that reference.

[-] merari42@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago

So this school was built on an ancient Pleistocene burial ground. I know that trope well enough to know what happened next

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

Ghost sharks:

(NSFW - Love Death and Robots - Fish Night)

https://youtu.be/0foEePknxxQ

[-] JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

A little early for Encino Man, but I can dig it.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

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.

[-] aaaaace 1 points 3 days ago

Excavate it all and replace with the achool board.

Mmm, salmon!

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