PETALING JAYA: Universiti Malaya (UM) scientists have identified the fossil of an extinct elephant in a limestone cave in Gopeng, Perak. With an estimated geological age of between 30,000 and 80,000 years, it is said to be the country’s first discovery of a Stegodon fossil. “This is the first ever Stegodon fossil found in Malaysia. “The Stegodon is a group of extinct Proboscidea that is characteristic of the Pleistocene epoch in South-East Asia, ” he said. Lim said the fossil was most likely a Stegodon which was less than two years old.

Source: The Star October 09, 2020 21:22 UTC