La Brea Golden Eagle Talon | Aquila chrysaetos | Maricopa, California permian called exoskeleton

called exoskeleton

and more importantly

This beautiful specimen has had absolutely no repair or restoration

They lived in the upper cretaceous during the Campanian to Maastrichtian time periods

La Brea Golden Eagle Talon | Aquila chrysaetos | Maricopa, California permian called exoskeletonAquila chrysaetos Late Pleistocene epoch Approx. 20,000 30,000 years old Rancho La Brea Formation Maricopa, California Specimen approx. size: 1. 75" *3mm of tip is restored* 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, with about 140 species