[Rockhounds] 9 million-year-old whale bones, megalodon shark teeth unearthed at LA school

[Kreigh Tomaszewski]

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.

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