Title Death trap : the story of the La Brea Tar Pits / Sharon Elaine Thompson.

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Location	Call No.	Status
Middletown, Russell Library - Children's Nonfiction	J 566 THO	Check Shelf
Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Children's Department	J560.178 THOMPSON	Check Shelf

Description	72 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Note	Includes index.
Summary	Describes the origin of the La Brea tar pits, discusses the prehistoric life that has been found in them, and tells how scientists have explored them and studied what they have found there.
Contents	The making of a death trap -- Prehistoric life at La Brea -- Excavating a tomb of tar -- A new look at old bones -- Humans come to the tar pits.
Subject	Paleontology -- Pleistocene -- Juvenile literature.
	Fossils -- California -- La Brea Pits -- Juvenile literature.
	La Brea Pits (Calif.) -- Juvenile literature.
	Paleontology.
	Fossils -- California -- La Brea Pits.
	La Brea Pits (Calif.)
	Fossils. (OCoLC)fst00933164
	Paleontology. (OCoLC)fst01051513
	Pleistocene Geologic Epoch. (OCoLC)fst01353983
	California -- La Brea Pits. (OCoLC)fst01245257
	Fossils.
	La Brea Pits (Calif.)
Chronological Term	From 10 thousand to 2 million years ago
Genre/Form	Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
	Children's nonfiction. NZ-WeK
ISBN	0822528517
	9780822528517

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