Skeleton of Saber-tooth Tiger, excavated at Raneho la Brea 

 Mounted by Eugene Fisher. 



The Fossils of Raneho la Brea 



By James Zaechaeus Gilbert. 



Tl is not the purpose of this article to give an elaborate and 

 exhaustive treatise of the treasures unearthed on Raneho La Brea, for 

 this would require volumes, bul to present in a brief, simple manner 

 sonic of the most salient features of public interest in the work thus 

 far done, and the finds thus far made. 



In June, 1908, Mrs. Erskine M. Hoss, whose photograph appears 

 in tliis issue, gave to the Southern California Academy of Sciences the 

 privilege of excavating the fossil material found upon her ranch, where- 

 by our residents and thousands of visitors have had the opportunity 

 to examine the most remarkable fossil bed of its kind in the world. 



Tlie Pacific ('oast, geologically speaking, is a comparatively young 

 region, and presents for investigation rare deposits of fossil material. 

 Tin se ranee from the Miocene upward, ami such large exposures occur 



11 



