Hollywood Sign - 1.980" Wood Fragment geode This specimen is a polished

This specimen is a polished slab of Atlasaurus bone

66 million years ago) provides a dramatic exclamation point to the end of the Mesozoic

this family of Early Permian Age species falls into a disparate taxonomic clade known as Synapsids which includes Mammals

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Hollywood Sign - 1.980" Wood Fragment geode This specimen is a polishedFor decades, the Hollywood Sign has watched over Los Angeles from Mount Lee, a symbol of the filmmaking capital of the world. First built as the Hollywoodland Sign to advertise a housing development in 1923, the sign fell into disrepair and was entirely reconstructed in the 1970s to preserve it for generations to come. This specimen is a 1. 980" wood fragment of the original 1923 sign salvaged during the reconstruction. The material was acquired from