The Natural History Museum Los Angeles

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The fossils of prehistoric animals during the past 7–12 million years ago can be found entombed in the sediments, including extinct elephants, rhinos, three-toed horses, giraffe-like camels, saber-toothed cats, and bone-crushing dogs. There are also fascinating small creatures such as ancestral skunks, alligator lizards, and shrews.

Elephant

Geology and Paleontology of Red Rock Canyon
Extinct Elephant

Upper: An upper tusk of a gomphothere elephant, Serbelodon burnhami, from the Dove Spring Formation of Red Rock Canyon. This ancestral elephant still has both upper and lower tusks (below). Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County catalogue number 60091.

Lower: A reconstruction of a gomphothere (adopted from illustration in the website of Museums of Cape Town).

Elephant

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
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Los Angeles, CA 90007
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