Paleontologists Discover a New Species of Ice Age Toad at the La Brea Tar Pits, Offering Clues About the Area's Ancient Climate

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“That means La Brea was once wet.”
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Frase de exemploThat means La Brea was once wet.
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“Paleontologists Discover a New Species of Ice Age Toad at the La Brea Tar Pits, Offering Clues About the Area's Ancient Climate Skip to main content Search Shop Newsletters Renew Give a Gift Subscribe Membership i Subscribe Give a Gift Renew Sections Smart News History Science Innovation Arts & Culture Travel At the Smithsonian More from Smithsonian magazine Newsletters Photo Contest Podcast Videos Our Partners Smithsonian Store Smithsonian Journeys Subscribe to Smithsonian magazine and get a FREE tote.”
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Frase de exemploPaleontologists Discover a New Species of Ice Age Toad at the La Brea Tar Pits, Offering Clues About the Area's Ancient Climate Skip to main content Search Shop Newsletters Renew Give a Gift Subscribe Membership i Subscribe Give a Gift Renew Sections Smart News History Science Innovation Arts & Culture Travel At the Smithsonian More from Smithsonian magazine Newsletters Photo Contest Podcast Videos Our Partners Smithsonian Store Smithsonian Journeys Subscribe to Smithsonian magazine and get a FREE tote.
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““I’m very happy, very excited, because it’s my first new species in all my career,” study co-author J.”
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Frase de exemplo“I’m very happy, very excited, because it’s my first new species in all my career,” study co-author J.
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“Researchers don’t know exactly how old the toad is, since they’d have to use a destructive technique to find out.”
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Frase de exemploResearchers don’t know exactly how old the toad is, since they’d have to use a destructive technique to find out.
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“La Brea Tar Pits A few years ago, Cruz began to analyze La Brea’s relatively understudied reptile and amphibian collections.”
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Frase de exemploLa Brea Tar Pits A few years ago, Cruz began to analyze La Brea’s relatively understudied reptile and amphibian collections.
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“But tiny creatures also met their doom in the bubbling pits of asphalt.”
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Frase de exemploBut tiny creatures also met their doom in the bubbling pits of asphalt.
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“Additionally, toads are cold-blooded and rely on their surroundings for heat, so their presence offers clues about ancient climates, Cruz tells Scientific American .”
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Frase de exemploAdditionally, toads are cold-blooded and rely on their surroundings for heat, so their presence offers clues about ancient climates, Cruz tells Scientific American .
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““If you change the environment, you change the vegetation, the climate is warmer or colder, it affects these animals directly,” he says in the statement.”
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Frase de exemplo“If you change the environment, you change the vegetation, the climate is warmer or colder, it affects these animals directly,” he says in the statement.
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“Now, these often overlooked animals are spilling secrets about what southern California looked like long ago.”
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Frase de exemploNow, these often overlooked animals are spilling secrets about what southern California looked like long ago.
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“They also looked at fossils at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at the University of California, Berkeley.”
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Frase de exemploThey also looked at fossils at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at the University of California, Berkeley.
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“They also identified the remains of a Mexican burrowing toad, an animal that previously had not been documented at La Brea.”
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Frase de exemploThey also identified the remains of a Mexican burrowing toad, an animal that previously had not been documented at La Brea.
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“So he and his co-author Emily Lindsey , also a paleoecologist at La Brea, compared the remains—recovered in 1929—to others in the collection.”
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Frase de exemploSo he and his co-author Emily Lindsey , also a paleoecologist at La Brea, compared the remains—recovered in 1929—to others in the collection.
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“labreae isn’t the only intriguing amphibian that Cruz and Lindsey uncovered.”
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Frase de exemplolabreae isn’t the only intriguing amphibian that Cruz and Lindsey uncovered.
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“Unlike its extinct cousin, Mexican burrowing toads are still alive.”
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Frase de exemploUnlike its extinct cousin, Mexican burrowing toads are still alive.
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“Researchers don’t know exactly how old the toad is, since they’d have to use a destructive technique to find out.”
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Frase de exemploResearchers don’t know exactly how old the toad is, since they’d have to use a destructive technique to find out.
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“This creature, dubbed Spea labreae after the tar pits, is the first extinct Ice Age amphibian found at La Brea and only the second discovered in North America.”
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Frase de exemploThis creature, dubbed Spea labreae after the tar pits, is the first extinct Ice Age amphibian found at La Brea and only the second discovered in North America.
cruz4x no texto
“labreae isn’t the only intriguing amphibian that Cruz and Lindsey uncovered.”
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Frase de exemplolabreae isn’t the only intriguing amphibian that Cruz and Lindsey uncovered.
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“Alberto Cruz , a paleoecologist at La Brea and Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History, tells Scientific American ’s Damien Pine.”
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Frase de exemploAlberto Cruz , a paleoecologist at La Brea and Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History, tells Scientific American ’s Damien Pine.
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“They also looked at fossils at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at the University of California, Berkeley.”
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Frase de exemploThey also looked at fossils at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at the University of California, Berkeley.
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“Her work has appeared in publications including BBC Travel, Discover magazine, Live Science , Atlas Obscura and Hidden Compass .”
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Frase de exemploHer work has appeared in publications including BBC Travel, Discover magazine, Live Science , Atlas Obscura and Hidden Compass .
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“Additionally, toads are cold-blooded and rely on their surroundings for heat, so their presence offers clues about ancient climates, Cruz tells Scientific American .”
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Frase de exemploAdditionally, toads are cold-blooded and rely on their surroundings for heat, so their presence offers clues about ancient climates, Cruz tells Scientific American .
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“Paleontologists Discover a New Species of Ice Age Toad at the La Brea Tar Pits, Offering Clues About the Area's Ancient Climate Skip to main content Search Shop Newsletters Renew Give a Gift Subscribe Membership i Subscribe Give a Gift Renew Sections Smart News History Science Innovation Arts & Culture Travel At the Smithsonian More from Smithsonian magazine Newsletters Photo Contest Podcast Videos Our Partners Smithsonian Store Smithsonian Journeys Subscribe to Smithsonian magazine and get a FREE tote.”
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Frase de exemploPaleontologists Discover a New Species of Ice Age Toad at the La Brea Tar Pits, Offering Clues About the Area's Ancient Climate Skip to main content Search Shop Newsletters Renew Give a Gift Subscribe Membership i Subscribe Give a Gift Renew Sections Smart News History Science Innovation Arts & Culture Travel At the Smithsonian More from Smithsonian magazine Newsletters Photo Contest Podcast Videos Our Partners Smithsonian Store Smithsonian Journeys Subscribe to Smithsonian magazine and get a FREE tote.
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“La Brea Tar Pits A few years ago, Cruz began to analyze La Brea’s relatively understudied reptile and amphibian collections.”
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Frase de exemploLa Brea Tar Pits A few years ago, Cruz began to analyze La Brea’s relatively understudied reptile and amphibian collections.
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“Researchers don’t know exactly how old the toad is, since they’d have to use a destructive technique to find out.”
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Frase de exemploResearchers don’t know exactly how old the toad is, since they’d have to use a destructive technique to find out.
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“Unlike its extinct cousin, Mexican burrowing toads are still alive.”
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Frase de exemploUnlike its extinct cousin, Mexican burrowing toads are still alive.
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“Unlike its extinct cousin, Mexican burrowing toads are still alive.”
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Frase de exemploUnlike its extinct cousin, Mexican burrowing toads are still alive.
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“Today, some of the fossil site’s most famous victims include mammoths, giant ground sloths, dire wolves and saber-toothed cats .”
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Frase de exemploToday, some of the fossil site’s most famous victims include mammoths, giant ground sloths, dire wolves and saber-toothed cats .
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“Today, some of the fossil site’s most famous victims include mammoths, giant ground sloths, dire wolves and saber-toothed cats .”
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Frase de exemploToday, some of the fossil site’s most famous victims include mammoths, giant ground sloths, dire wolves and saber-toothed cats .