Image: La Brea Tar Pits
Description: Rancho la Brea Tar Pool. Restoration by Charles. R. Knight for Amer. Mus. (N.Y.) mural decorations 9' by 12' in hall of the Age of Man. One sloth (Mylodon, now Paramylodon) trapped, two guarding against Sabre Tooth (Smilodon fatalis). Condors (unidentified further, likely Teratornis) waiting on McNabb's cypress. In the rear of pool which has yielded much elephant (Columbian mammoth) material. San Gabriel range with Mt. Lowe center and Mt. Wilson at right of erect sloth. Old Baldy at right.
Title: La Brea Tar Pits
Credit: The Jesse Earl Hyde Collection, Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) Department of Geological Sciences
Author: Charles Robert Knight
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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