Millions of fish fossils dating back 9 million years discovered at San Pedro High School [Video]

SAN PEDRO, Calif. (KABC) — San Pedro High School has become the site of a remarkable archeological find.

“The fact that millions of fossils have been unearthed on this site has led to a new era of concentrative studies that will bring notoriety to this community and this high school,” Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Alberto Carvalho said.

The fossils found beneath the campus include those of whales, fish and megalodon sharks that date back to 9 million years ago. They were uncovered during the school’s modernization construction project, which began in 2022.

“We believe there was a submarine channel that was carrying material down from shallower water into deeper water and volcanism going on somewhere in the vicinity,” said Dr. Austin Hendy, assistant curator at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. “This was a big surprise to everybody when they started digging these trenches to unearth these fish fossils.”

“We realized …