The piece is in the Anthropological Museum
The manager of a farm in Urituhuasi (Department Figueroa) found almost level with the ground a piece fossil the specialists confirmed as belonging to the family of mastodons . These animals became extinct about 10,000 years ago and finding adds to the list of fossil discoveries of recent times.
The manager of a farm in Urituhuasi (Department Figueroa) found almost level with the ground a piece fossil the specialists confirmed as belonging to the family of mastodons . These animals became extinct about 10,000 years ago and finding adds to the list of fossil discoveries of recent times.
A resident of the town of La Banda , who serves as manager of a farm in the town of Urituhuasi Figueroa department, found a fossil piece of substantial size, weighing approximately 30 kilos
The man took the fossil to his home in downtown La Banda, and was informed of the finding professionals in the Anthropological Museum of the province
The Mr. José Togo within the Department of Anthropology at the Universidad Nacional de Santiago del Estero, told News 7 that the piece would be the top the jaw of an animal that would be of a mastodon, an ancestor of today's elephants, who disappeared during the Quaternary period, about 10,000 years ago.
" This is a fossil belonging to the Quaternary megafauna . The reasons for his disappearance could have been climate change or over-hunting of these animals and during that time, was the professional.
According to what stated by Mr. Togo when producing this kind of findings should be reported to Anthropology Museum "Emilio and Duncan Wagner" , according to the provisions of provincial legislation to safeguard the archaeological and anthropological santiagueño.
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