Fossil Bone Bed Helps Reconstruct Life Along California's Ancient Coastline
Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 11:14
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Sharktooth Hill near Bakersfield, Calif., is the home of the most extensive marine bone bed in the world, a 100-square-mile layer of shark, seal, ray, whale, turtle and fish bones. Researchers have analyzed the 15-million-year-old fossils to decipher the history of what used to be the California coastline, reconstructing a 700,000-year period of warming climate and teaming sea life.
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