The fossil record reveals that the area was once inhabited by mammoths, stegadons, rhinos, bovine creatures, turtles, crocodiles, deer, whales, sharks, cats, and fish. Plans for a fossil museum are now under discussion.
出土的化石有長鼻類的台灣古象、中國劍齒象、副猛瑪亞洲象、諾曼象和極負盛名的中國早阪犀牛、牛科、龜類、台灣古鱷、鹿科、鯨魚、鯊魚、貓科、及魚類等，種類繁多，文化界正商議在此建立化石館。高雄市立美術館