La Brea
Sticky California excavation
La Brea refers to the tar pits in Los Angeles, California—natural asphalt pools that have trapped and preserved prehistoric animals for tens of thousands of years.
The site yields extraordinary fossil specimens: mammoths, saber-toothed cats, dire wolves.
The La Brea Tar Pits are a major paleontological site.
The name comes from Spanish for "the tar."
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- asphaltPetroleum-based paving material
- pitchFrequency of sound
- stickyApt to adhere
- viscousThick and slow-flowing
bubbling · seepage · excavation · fossils · paleontology · skeletons · mastodon · saber-toothed
Study of ancient organisms
- mastodonExtinct elephantine Pleistocene mammal
- saber-toothed catExtinct long-fanged felid
- dire wolfExtinct large canine species
- mammothExtinct elephant with curved tusks
ground sloth · extinct · skeletons · bones · specimens · excavation · preservation · megafauna
L.A. boulevard name
- LACMALos Angeles County art museum
- CaliforniaWest coast megastate
- HollywoodAmerican film industry center
- urbanPertaining to cities
landmark · attraction · museum district · tourist destination · cityscape · Los Angeles County · park · observation
Petroleum-based paving material
- petroleumNatural underground hydrocarbon liquid
- hydrocarbonsCarbon-hydrogen organic compounds
- crude oilUnrefined fossil fuel
- seepageSlow fluid escape
organic · pitch · oil field · Salt Lake · sediment · stratigraphy · quaternary · formation
Spanish estate designation
- land grantGovernment-given real estate
- MexicanOf or from Tenochtitlan's successor
- colonialOf occupied territories
- place nameGeographic location's title
tar
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viscous · bubbling · seepage · excavation · fossils · paleontology · skeletons · mastodon · saber-toothed · dire wolf
paleontology
Study of ancient organisms
- mastodonExtinct elephantine Pleistocene mammal
- saber-toothed catExtinct long-fanged felid
- dire wolfExtinct large canine species
mammoth · ground sloth · extinct · skeletons · bones · specimens · excavation · preservation · megafauna · vertebrates
Wilshire
L.A. boulevard name
- LACMALos Angeles County art museum
- CaliforniaWest coast megastate
- HollywoodAmerican film industry center
urban · landmark · attraction · museum district · tourist destination · cityscape · Los Angeles County · park · observation · free admission
asphalt
Petroleum-based paving material
- petroleumNatural underground hydrocarbon liquid
- hydrocarbonsCarbon-hydrogen organic compounds
- crude oilUnrefined fossil fuel
seepage · organic · pitch · oil field · Salt Lake · sediment · stratigraphy · quaternary · formation · pool
Rancho
Spanish estate designation
- land grantGovernment-given real estate
- MexicanOf or from Tenochtitlan's successor
- colonialOf occupied territories
- Ice Ageice age, mammoths, saber-tooth cat, mammoth, woolly mammoth
- fossil sourcestar pits, amber, shale, limestone, sandstone
- Prehistoric Americamammoth, mastodon, dire wolf, megafauna, Paleo-Indians
- fossil sitesdig site, excavation, quarry, dig, dig sites
- Trinidad PlacesPort of Spain, Scarborough, Belmont, St. Andrew, St. Patrick
- fossilsdinosaur bones, ammonite, amber, ammonites, fossils
La Breabedrock
Solid stone underground
solid rock · hardpan · terra firma · firm ground · permafrost