Fossils of L.A.

After two great years, LACMIP is finally wrapping up its contribution to the Fossil Insect Collaborative-Digitization Project. This week a milestone was achieved when some of our insect collections were digitally reunited with those of Rancho La Brea!

In the field for one final day in 2019. A spur of the moment side-trip to sample the Careaga Sand near Santa Maria.

Had a blast with the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County's School and Teacher Programs training Los Angeles teachers in using the Project Paleo Marine Fossils of Southern California classroom kit. Thanks to all those who participated!

Great to hear Russell Shapiro, Geological and Environmental Sciences, CSU Chico, and SWCA Environmental Consultants Environmental Consultants on KPCC this morning talking about there recent finds in the Simi Hills!

Who’s ready for two days of all things prehistoric? Join us Sept. 21 - 22 as we take L.A. time traveling to the past for the 4th annual #DinoFest at #NHMLA! http://nhm.org/dinofest Look out for Life on Land and Cretaceous Seas. We'll have fossil insects in amber and ammonites the size of truck tires

Our national museum has a new hall of fossils. Check out "Deep Time. Can't wait to see it ourselves!

Today we're celebrate the life of Mark Roeder. Mark was a big man, with a kind and generous heart. He mentored many young men and women who are now making their careers as paleontologists, archaeologists and researchers. He loved to learn from and share his vast knowledge with any and all who would listen, earning many dear and life-long friends on his all too short journey.

We've been at the La Brea Tar Pits and Museum for a workshop on Urban Conservation Paleobiology. The workshop seeks to explore ways to connect Los Angeles’ extraordinary Quaternary fossil record with its diverse modern ecosystems in order to inform conservation planning, restoration efforts, and projections of future ecosystem change.