ADVISORY/Only in L.A. -- Annual Ice Age Fossil Excavation at La Brea Tar Pits Begins July 13.News Editors/City Desks ADVISORY...for Thursday (July 13) --(BUSINESS WIRE) WHAT: Annual Fossil Excavation of Pit 91. To celebrate the public opening of one of the world's richest fossil deposits, media are invited to venture 14 feet down into the black, sticky "ooze OOZE - Object oriented extension of Z. "Object Orientation in Z", S. Stepney et al eds, Springer 1992. " of Pit 91 at the La Brea Tar Pits La Brea Tar Pits Fossil field in Hancock Park (formerly Rancho La Brea), Los Angeles, Calif., U.S. It is the site of “pitch springs” oozing crude oil, formerly used by local Indians for waterproofing, and was explored by Gaspar de Portolá's expedition in . Watch paleontologists unearth hundreds of Ice Age fossils that include the bones of fierce saber-toothed cats The terms saber-toothed cat and saber-toothed tiger describe numerous species, mainly in the families Felidae (subfamily Machairodontinae), Hyaenodontidae, and Nimravidae, but also including two marsupial families, that lived during various parts of the Cenozoic and evolved and dire wolves that are more than 28,000 years old. SPECIAL NOTE: VNR VNR Video News Release VNR Van Nostrand Reinhold (publishing company) VNR Video Noise Reduction VNR Veranstaltungsnummer VNR VFR Flight Not Recommended VNR Video News Reel VNR Very Nice Roll VNR Variable Navigation Ratio on Satellite: Pit 91 excavation footage available on Telstar 5C-24 on July 12 13:00:00 Eastern to 13:15:00. Orbital Position 97 degrees, Downlink Frequency 4160 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. (V). WHEN: Media Day July 13, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Pit 91 Public Observation Station Opens July 13 through Sept.10. Wednesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free to the public. WHERE: Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , Museum Row, 5801 Wilshire Blvd. at the corner of Curson Ave. Call 323/934-PAGE or visit www.tarpits.org HIGHLIGHTS: Experience the only active urban fossil excavation in the world -- located in the middle of L.A.! Watch from the Pit 91 Observation Station as Ice Age fossils are recovered by "fossil diggers Diggers, members of a small English religio-economic movement (fl. 1649–50), so called because they attempted to dig (i.e., cultivate) the wastelands. They were an offshoot of the more important group of Puritan extremists known as the Levelers. ." Fossil discoveries are posted on the "The Daily Dig Report." Visitors can touch casts of Ice Age animal fossils from the "Bone Bin." Learn first-hand from a museum educator the tremendous scientific value of Pit 91, recent discoveries and the animals that roamed Ancient L.A. Follow this remarkable story into the glass-enclosed Paleo Lab inside the Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits and see Museum staff classify and clean specimens. Contact: Goo-Girl Gina Ward at 213/763-3515 or gward@nhm.org |
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