Cretaceous Turtle Shell
Turtles thrived in the Cretaceous era, living alongside the last of the big dinosaurs.
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California Lilac 3: Hold the Water
This blue-flowered survivor is as pretty as she is tough—she can weather drought and grow to 15 feet.
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Green Sea Turtle: Gimme Shell-ter
These endangered animals can migrate long distances to hatching beaches where they lay their eggs.
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Yesterday's Camel Tooth: Our Ancient Vegetarian
Despite this tooth's tall crown, this extinct camel ate a mixture of soft leaves and abrasive grasses.
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Age of Mammals
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Great Basin Sagebrush: A Desert B&B
Wayward and hungry creatures from Vegas to L.A. rely on this crash pad, famous for its scrumptious bug buffet.
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Flat Headed Peccary Tooth: You Old Softie
This tooth, found in Chihuahua, Mexico, indicates that flat-headed peccaries ate soft leaves and herbs.
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Age of Mammals
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Flannel Bush 3: A Model Bloomer
The 10-foot-tall beauty's yellow-orange flower ensemble suits our chic, urban wilderness runway.
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Bower's Scallop: Clap For Me!
This 15-million-year-old beauty, found in the Santa Monica Mountains, moved around by clapping its valves.
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Age of Mammals
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Short-Faced Bear Skull Cast: Alaskan King!
This Ice Age specimen, approximately 20,000 years old, was discovered in Alaska.
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Sea Lion Jaw: I'll Have the Fish
This lower jaw belonged to an ancient aquatic predator with teeth designed to catch and hold slippery prey.
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Milton and Marcy Miller
Hadrosaur Skin Impression 1: You're Aging Well
This miraculously-preserved specimen helps us understand what dinosaurs looked like on the outside.
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Mountain Mahogany 1
Early Native Americans used the hard, twisted wood and bark to brew medicinal teas and whittle spearheads and bows.
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St. Catherine's Lace 5: Oh Holy Bush
The large, white flowery bush inspires wedding dresses, tablecloths, and doilies.
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Yellow Flowering Currant 1
The plant’s nectar is a popular palate pleaser for hummingbirds and other winged drinkers.
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Ancient Hare: Bugs Bunny of Middle Eocene
This relative of modern day hares scampered around Wyoming 30 million years ago.
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Hadrosaur Teeth: Dinosaurs in our Backyard
These 90-million-year-old chompers, from a duck-billed dinosaur, were found just 60 miles from the Museum!
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Nova Agave 10: Living Sculpture
Protected by leathery leaves and spines, this plant also has a delicate side—a gorgeous six-foot flower spike.
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Shovel-Tusked Mastodon Tooth
Red Rock Canyon, 90 miles from downtown L.A., was home to strange creatures including this elephant relative.
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Triceratops Horn Core: Great Poker Face
Large numbers of Triceratops lived in what is now the central U.S., just east of the Rocky Mountains.
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White Alder Tree 1: A Forest in the City
Tall and leaf-heavy, this is an equal opportunity shade-giver in the forest, the suburbs, and the city.
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Island Bush Snapdragon 2: A Big Talker
A visitor from the Channel Islands, its lipstick-red, dragon-like mouth is a magnet for hummingbirds.
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Papershell Clam: Shell Gathering on Wilshire!
This beauty lived in L.A.'s ancient rivers and lakes — and served as a special snack for skunks and raccoons.
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Ancient Dolphin Skull: New to Science!
This delphinoid dolphin is a new species for science, and one of the most important specimens on display.
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Age of Mammals
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