Mammoths and mastodons in Bonsall? Find the answers at the San Diego Natural History Museum!

Did mammoths and mastodons roam the Bonsall countryside? The fossil record points in that direction. View the evidence at the new exhibit, Fossil Mysteries, at the San Diego Natural History Museum. The exhibit, which is scheduled to open on July 1, is a permanent exhibition, encompassing 9,700 square feet that will enhance their already extensive paleontology exhibit.

Several mastodon bones and teeth found in the “San Luis Rey River area east of Oceanside” are now on display in the new exhibit. A fossil mastodon tooth in excellent condition measured about ten inches.

According to a Natural His...