La Brea Bird Bones water copper-laden minerals

copper-laden minerals

Recovering approximately 100 tons of fragments

not a 3D print or a sculpture

Weight: 56

preying on small marine organisms like crustaceans and fish

La Brea Bird Bones water copper-laden mineralsSandhill Crane Ulna and Neck Vertebra & Redhead Duck Humerus Late Pleistocene epoch Approx. 20,000 30,000 years old Rancho La Brea Formation Maricopa, California Specimen approx. size: 5. 25" x 2. 5" x 2. 25" Due to their fragile nature, bird bones are relatively less common in the fossil record than those of other taxa. However, thanks to the preservative properties of asphalt, Rancho La Brea has one of the worlds largest collections of fossil birds,