Miracle Mile in Los Angeles in Los Angeles County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

Project 23

Millions of New Fossils Found

— La Brea Tar Pits —

Project 23 Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, November 24, 2025

1. Project 23 Marker

Inscription. These big crates contain our most recent fossil finds-millions of them. We are digging through the crates and making new discoveries every day. Millions of new fossils from Project 23 (named for the 23 crates) are helping us reconstruct the environment of Ice Age L.A. From mammoth tusks to mouse toes, fossils big and small tell us what L.A. was like long ago.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Paleontology.

Location. 34° 3.856′ N, 118° 21.453′ W. Marker is in Los Angeles, California, in Los Angeles County. It is in Miracle Mile. It can be reached from 6th Street east of Fairfax Avenue, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 5902 W 6th Street, Los Angeles CA 90036, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Transverse Ranges.

It is also on the American Pacific Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Ring of Fire,

on the Pacific Rim,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself

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in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: What's in the crates? (here, next to this marker); Pit 9 (a few steps from this marker); How Did 27 Columbian Mammoths Fit in This Small Pit? (a few steps from this marker); Project 23: Who, What, Why, Where, and How? (a few steps from this marker); a different marker also named Pit 9 (a few steps from this marker); Pit 91 (within shouting distance of this marker); Pits 3, 4, 61/67 (within shouting distance of this marker); Death Trap for Meat-Eaters (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Los Angeles.

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, November 24, 2025

2. Project 23 Marker

Project 23 Crates image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, November 24, 2025

3. Project 23 Crates

Two of the 23 crates of the most recent fossil finds.

Credits. This page was last revised on August 26, 2026. It was originally submitted on January 20, 2026, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. This page has been viewed 44 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on January 20, 2026, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.

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