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Pleistocene
"Ice Age" (50,000 Years Ago)
Coastal emergence caused shallow
bay muds to become savannas and plains. Saddleback Mountain rose
and was carved into valleys and foothills by streams. Forty-two
Ice Age animal species lived in these valleys and their fossils
have been preserved under Alicia Parkway and Costeau Park.
Animals with an asterisk (*) are still living in Laguna Hills today.
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Frogs
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Burrowing
Owls
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Vultures
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Skunks
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Camels
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Sabertoothed
Cat
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Early
Elephant
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Dire
Wolf
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Pronghorn
antelopes
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- Fish
- Amphibians
- Salamanders *
- Frogs *
- Toads *
- Reptiles
- Lizards *
- Snakes *
- Pond Turtles *
- Birds
- Burrowing Owls *
- Quail (California State Bird) *
- American Coots *
- Ducks
- Hawks *
- Field Sparrows *
- Vultures *
- Small Mammals
- Rodents *
- Weasels
- Skunks *
- Ground Squirrels *
- Muskrats
- Woodrats
- Rabbits *
- Large Mammals
- Long Horned Bison
- Camels
- Native Horses
- Deer *
- Saber-toothed Cats
- Dire Wolves
- Coyotes *
- Giant Ground Sloths
- Columbian Mammoths
- Mastodonts
- Pronghorn antelopes
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