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 Thai Rice Field Yields Treasure Trove of Mammal Fossils

Thai Rice Field Yields Treasure Trove of Mammal Fossils

Yaowalak Chaimanee, a government paleontologist, regularly receives scores of tips about new fossil discoveries around Thailand.

But when geologists at Suranaree University of Technology called her last March about an ancient jawbone found in a province three hours from Bangkok, Yaowalak knew the discovery was special.

The fossil belonged to a stegodon, a prehistoric elephant-like animal that was once common in the region. But the location of the finding

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Same species of that fossil also found in Central plain, may be Ayuthya last month.

waterpanda [8/1/2549 21:49:4]