In a groundbreaking discovery, construction workers have unearthed thousands of marine fossils, echoing Palos Verdes Peninsula’s ancient geological past. These were found beneath the concrete at San Pedro High School, Los Angeles.
These relics consisted of parts of whales, teeth from megalodon sharks, saber-toothed salmon, and other fish species that date back to nine million years. These finds date back to a time when the Palos Verdes Peninsula was covered by the ocean.
Currently, scientists are still identifying new species from the excavation site. To date, they have unearthed pieces of saber-toothed salmon, sea turtles, dolphins, and clams, in addition to the previously mentioned finds.
Operating since 1903, the San Pedro High School debuted the Leland Street campus in 1937. The researchers discovered two distinct sites on the campus where new buildings were under construction.
The first site revealed a bone from the Miocene era, dating back 8.7 million years, while the second site contained a shell bed from the Pleistocene era, about 120,000 years old.