Trapped in the Tar Pit: How Paleontologists Unearthed a City's Prehistoric Past TC_Bestseller "A gripping debut

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Trapped in the Tar Pit: How Paleontologists Unearthed a City's Prehistoric Past TC_Bestseller "A gripping debutDig down, down, down into the history of an ancient tar pit in this fascinating nonfiction picture book about one of the most exciting fossil discoveries of the modern day! Thousands of years ago, ancient animals roamed the Earth, unaware there was a lot of sticky tar hidden deep beneath their feetuntil one day, an earthquake caused it to seep up to the surface. When unsuspecting animals stepped into the tar, they got stuck! Centuries later, in the