LUSAKA: In July, fossils up to 200,000 years old were discovered at a construction site in Carlsbad, California, where more than 600 houses are set to be built. After the discovery the construction work has been stopped for sometime to work on the fossils found. More than 500 fossils were unearthed at the dam construction site in Silicon Valley in California. The incredible finds included teeth from what could be the biggest prehistoric shark that ever lived, measuring close to 40 feet.
Paleontologists had also found the teeth of an animal called the Desmostylus, which is a long-extinct hippo-like creature, as well as an entire ancient whale skeleton. Most of the fossils are believed to be about 20 million years old.
Californians have witnessed some of the oldest fossils the world has seen.
There have been rare fossils found in California earlier also. A rare whale fossil has been pulled from a Southern California backyard with some unusual help—a sheriff’s search-and-rescue team.
Local Native Americans devised myths to explain local fossils, many containing themes paralleling modern scientific discoveries. Local fossils came to the attention of formally trained scientists by the mid-19th century. Major finds include the Pleistocene mammal fossils of the La Brea tar pits. The Pleistocene saber-toothed cat Smilodon fatalis is the California state fossil. The earliest fossils known in Southern California are found in the Kingston Range of the far northeastern Mojave Desert.
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