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'Entire ecosystem' of fossils 8.7M years old found under Los Angeles high school
Researchers find two sites with fossils including saber-toothed salmon and megalodon, the huge prehistoric shark
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. In a statement to the Los Angeles Times, Richard Behl, a California State University at Long Beach geologist, said that researchers were testing the chemical and mineral composition of the fossils. In a statement to KABC, the LAUSD superintendent, Alberto Carvalho, said that the discovery of the fossils had “led to a new era of concentrative studies that will bring notoriety to this community and this high school”.
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