UNDER THE SEA

Sea Fossils
Over millions of years, the Community Center and Sports Complex site has evolved from a tropical bay to a deep marine basin, a shallow bay, a dense woodlands, and a grassy savanna. As you enter the Community Center, there are 5 noticeable display cases. These cases highlight the 17 million year old tropical embayment with its pecten reef, the deep sea that provided a calving site for early whales more than 7 millions years ago, and the Ice Age Saddleback Valley with its wooded hills and grasslands.




Mammoth & Mastodont
By the entrance of the Community Center is a fossilized tusk from a Columbian Mammoth, a common resident in the valley. Nearby there is also a case containing the bones of a mastodont that were uncovered when the Community Center was built. Not all the mastodont is there-portions of the rest of the skeleton still rest 30 feet down beneath the Center.