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New Ice Age Toad Species Identified in La Brea Tar Pits Fossils

Fossils discovered in the 1950s at the La Brea Tar Pits have been identified as a new species of Ice Age spadefoot toad, named Spea labreae. The find offers insights into climate changes at the end of the last Ice Age and expands the North American amphibian fossil record.