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Photos: Ice-Age Animal Bones Unearthed During LA Subway Construction

By Tia Ghose, Senior Writer | May 1, 2017 11:33am ET
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Unexpected find

Unexpected find

Credit: Metro

Construction for a new subway expansion in Los Angeles has yielded several treasures for paleontologists. In April 2017, workers came across the bones of an ancient camel and a Probiscidean, such as a mammoth or a mastodon, just months after workers unearthed the skull of a large Probiscidean in November 2016. [Read full story about the ice-age camel and Probiscidean bones uncovered in Los Angeles]

[Read full story about the Probiscidean skull]

Probiscidean bone

Probiscidean bone

Credit: Cogstone Resource Management Inc.

Jasmyn Nolasco (left) and Janis Basuga (right) put the leg bone of either a mammoth or mastodon (it's unclear which) into a protective plaster cast in April 2017.

Yesterday's camel

Yesterday's camel

Credit: Courtesy of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

A drawing of Camelops, Latin for "yesterday's camel."

Ancient camel

Ancient camel

Credit: Cogstone Resource Management Inc.

The 20-inch-long (50 centimeters) radioulna bone from the extinct camel species Camelops hesternus discovered in April 2017.

Up close

Up close

Credit: Metro

A close-up of a mammoth or mastodon tusk that was found underground as workers were digging a new line for the Los Angeles Metro subway system in November 2016.

Giant tusk

Giant tusk

Credit: Metro

Here, another view of the giant tusk that was found while digging a new line for the Los Angeles Metro system in November 2016.

Excavation

Excavation

Credit: Metro

A paleontologist working on site carefully excavates the fossils from Ice Age beasts that were recently found underneath Los Angeles as workers were digging a new subway tunnel in November 2016.

Mastodon skull

Mastodon skull

Credit: Metro

The paleontologists carefully dusted off the mammoth or mastodon skull in order to safely take it from the ground. Workers recently discovered the bones while digging a new subway tunnel for the Los Angeles Metro in November 2016.

Plastering bones

Plastering bones

Credit: Metro

Once the bones were excavated, paleontologists quickly plastered the bones to protect them. They will eventually be housed at the Los Angeles County Museum for Natural History.

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Author Bio
Tia Ghose
Tia Ghose, Senior Writer

Tia has interned at Science News, Wired.com, and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and has written for the Center for Investigative Reporting, Scientific American, and ScienceNow. She has a master's degree in bioengineering from the University of Washington and a graduate certificate in science writing from the University of California Santa Cruz.

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Unexpected find

Credit: Metro

Construction for a new subway expansion in Los Angeles has yielded several treasures for paleontologists. In April 2017, workers came across the bones of an ancient camel and a Probiscidean, such as a mammoth or a mastodon, just months after workers unearthed the skull of a large Probiscidean in November 2016. [Read full story about the ice-age camel and Probiscidean bones uncovered in Los Angeles]

[Read full story about the Probiscidean skull]

Probiscidean bone

Credit: Cogstone Resource Management Inc.

Jasmyn Nolasco (left) and Janis Basuga (right) put the leg bone of either a mammoth or mastodon (it's unclear which) into a protective plaster cast in April 2017.

Yesterday's camel

Credit: Courtesy of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

A drawing of Camelops, Latin for "yesterday's camel."

Ancient camel

Credit: Cogstone Resource Management Inc.

The 20-inch-long (50 centimeters) radioulna bone from the extinct camel species Camelops hesternus discovered in April 2017.

Up close

Credit: Metro

A close-up of a mammoth or mastodon tusk that was found underground as workers were digging a new line for the Los Angeles Metro subway system in November 2016.

Giant tusk

Credit: Metro

Here, another view of the giant tusk that was found while digging a new line for the Los Angeles Metro system in November 2016.

Excavation

Credit: Metro

A paleontologist working on site carefully excavates the fossils from Ice Age beasts that were recently found underneath Los Angeles as workers were digging a new subway tunnel in November 2016.

Mastodon skull

Credit: Metro

The paleontologists carefully dusted off the mammoth or mastodon skull in order to safely take it from the ground. Workers recently discovered the bones while digging a new subway tunnel for the Los Angeles Metro in November 2016.

Plastering bones

Credit: Metro

Once the bones were excavated, paleontologists quickly plastered the bones to protect them. They will eventually be housed at the Los Angeles County Museum for Natural History.

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