Ma hope o ka haki ʻana o ka lua o nā kahakai kahakai ʻo Oceanside i hōʻailona i kahi milestone no kēia ʻoihana huakaʻi huakaʻi o kēia kūlanakauhale ʻo Kaleponi Hema. ʻO kēia papahana ka hoʻomohala kahakai nui loa ma kahakai ʻo San Diego ma kahi o 20 mau makahiki a ke hoʻomau nei i ka hāpai ʻana i ka ʻikepili o Oceanside ma ke ʻano he wahi kahakai nui loa e hiki mai ana no nā kipa ma ka moku ʻo San Diego. ʻO kahi mea hoʻokalakupua i manaʻo ʻole ʻia i lilo i mea ʻoi aku ka nui o kahi iwi fossilized 120,000 makahiki mai kahi koholā prehistoric i kū ma ke kahua kūkulu ʻo Oceanside Beach Resort, i hōʻoia ʻia e kahi paleontologist nīnau.
ʻO ka iwi ʻehā ka lōʻihi ka lōʻihi mai kahi kupapaʻu i holoi ʻia ma kahakai a wāwahi ʻia kokoke i ka hopena o ka Pleistocene Epoch ke kiʻekiʻe ke kiʻekiʻe o ke kai a ʻo ka ʻaoʻao kai aia i uka.
Aia nā limahana ma ka pae haʻahaʻa o kā lākou ʻeli ʻana ke huli ka iwi. Ma kahi o 25 a 30 paha mau kapuaʻi ka hohonu o ka papahele o ka mea e lilo ai i pae haʻahaʻa o kahi hale kaʻa e paʻa ai ka honua, e hoʻohana ana i ka backhoe e ʻeli ai i nā lua no ke kahua. Koi ʻia ke kānāwai mokuʻāina i nā pūnaewele kūkulu nui e loaʻa i kahi kākāʻōlelo ma ka pūnaewele e nānā no nā mea hana hoihoi i hiki ke huli aʻe i ka wā o ka ʻeli ʻana. Koi pū ʻia ka ʻeli ʻana e kū, pōkole, i mea e loaʻa ai kahi mea i loaʻa.
Eia nō naʻe, kōkua ka iwi kohola hoʻokahi i kahi kiʻi ʻoi aku ka nui o ke ʻano o ka ʻāina i ka wā ma mua. Lawe ʻia aku ka mōʻī i ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike Moʻolelo Kūloko ʻo San Diego ma Balboa Park.
Ua huli aʻe nā mōʻalihaku koʻikoʻi ʻē aʻe i nā wahi kūkulu o North County i nā makahiki i hala.
Mālama ka moku ʻo San Diego i nā mōʻalihaku e kākau ana i nā manawa nui he nui i ka moʻolelo o ka Honua.
ʻO Siltstone papa 40 miliona a 50 miliona mau makahiki ma Carlsbad i loaʻa nā iwi i mālama pono ʻia o nā rodents, hedgehogs, primates, tapirs, brontotheres, a me nā kāmelo. Eia kekahi, aia kekahi o nā fossil dinosaur wale nō i loaʻa ma Kaleponi i Carlsbad, mai ka manawa ʻo Cretacious ma mua o 70 miliona mau makahiki i hala. I kēia mau lā aku nei, ua noho nā mammoth ma ʻAmelika Hema a lilo i make ma kahi o 4,000 mau makahiki i hala. Ua loaʻa kā lākou mau fossil ma nā wahi kūkulu he nui i ke kalana.
ʻOiai ʻo ka whalebone i loaʻa ma Oceanside he 120,000 mau makahiki, ua like paha me ka hapa nui o nā leviathans e noho nei i kēia lā.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- ʻO ka iwi ʻehā ka lōʻihi ka lōʻihi mai kahi kupapaʻu i holoi ʻia ma kahakai a wāwahi ʻia kokoke i ka hopena o ka Pleistocene Epoch ke kiʻekiʻe ke kiʻekiʻe o ke kai a ʻo ka ʻaoʻao kai aia i uka.
- The project is the largest beachfront development on the San Diego coastline in more than 20 years and continues to raise Oceanside's profile as one of the hottest up-and-coming beach destinations for visitors to San Diego County.
- An unexpected tourism attraction turned out to be a lot more when a 120,000-year-old fossilized bone from a prehistoric whale turned up at the Oceanside Beach Resort construction site, a consulting paleontologist confirmed.
