This incomplete sacro-urostyle bone (base of the spine that connects to the hips) is the holotype specimen used to describe the new species, Spea labrae. Courtesy of La Brea Tar Pits (IMAGE)

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

This incomplete sacro-urostyle bone (base of the spine that connects to the hips) is the holotype specimen used to describe the new species, Spea labrae. Courtesy of La Brea Tar Pits

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This incomplete sacro-urostyle bone (base of the spine that connects to the hips) is the holotype specimen used to describe the new species, Spea labreae. Courtesy of La Brea Tar Pits 

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