Archeologists working in southern Thailand recently discovered a 1.8 million year-old fossilized Stegodon’s jawbone, the first mammoth-like animal with long tusks to be found in the south.
In addition to the Stegodon jawbone archeologists also uncovered 40 spineless species, seven new corals, three nautilus types and 20 brachiopods.
The finds come shortly after fossils of two ancient rhino species were found Satun Thung Wa.
Archeologists are eager to continue work as these recent finds reveal sedimentary rock layers from the Paleozoic Era, the oldest discovered in Thailand, and Cambrian Period shell fossils and sedimentary fossils dating back 440 million years ago.
Thailand has proved to be Asia’s second most influential geological site, behind China.
The Department of Mineral Resources is working to preserve the artifacts and are registering them now, reported The Nation.
