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ExpandNORTH COUNTY — The recent discovery of mastodon bones at aCarlsbad construction site wowed the region’s residents but didn’tsurprise paleontologists.
That’s because Carlsbad, as well as the neighboring community ofOceanside, has long been a prehistoric fossil hot spot in San DiegoCounty, unlike inland regions.
If the discovery of the roughly elephant-sized creature’s tusks,teeth and rib . . .