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14" fossil plant containing material from both Stigmaria and Lepidodendron plants

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La Brea Tar Pit Riker Box Specimens Type:La Brea Specimen More about Space Shuttle ProgramAbove: The front of the Specimen Card for the Tar Pit Specimen. (Source: Smilodon californicus and Canis dirus fight over a Mammuthus columbi carcass in the La Brea Tar Pits, Robert Bruce Horsfall, 1913) The La Brea Tar Pits are among the most well known petroleum seeps in the world. Over millennia, such seeps can become lake like formations and trap unwary wildlife. Excavated animal remains at La Brea comprise nearly 700 different species, some