Distinguish between the fossils of ice age mammals found in the La Brea Tar Pits and the organisms that make up the fossil fuels of the tar.

Explanation:

The tar located in the La Brea tar pits is today a fossil fuel that began its formation many hundreds of millions of years ago from the bodies of marine organisms. During the last ice age that ended a few tens of thousands of years ago, some animals got trapped in the tar and left their bones behind. They are not something that created it but only got trapped in preexisting tar.

it cools slower in the earth meaning the crystals have more time to form than lava on the surface