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Grunions reproduce by coming completely out of the water to spawn on beaches
Marine fossils found near Normal Heights
Image: San Diego Natural History Museum
In March 2016, while constructing a bike pathway next to SR-15 between the neighborhoods of Normal Heights and Kensington, surveyors found fossilized whale bones and shells.
What questions do you have about this discovery? For example:
- How did remains of marine life end up on dry land?
- What does this finding tell us about this area over thousands or millions of years?
- What can this evidence tell us about Earth's processes over time?
Resources
The San Diego Union-Tribune, Whale bones, other marine fossils, found along SR-15
Washington Post, When California digs, paleontologists are there to bag the fossils -- even whales
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Phenomena
Subject
Earth and Space Science
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