Ancient Animal Fossils Discovered in Madiun - Indonesia

The team of researchers from the Institute for Preservation of the Ancient Human Sangiran, Central Java, found fossils of ancient animals during the eight days of excavations at early human sites in the Village Kedungbrubus Feathers, District Pilangkenceng, Madiun district, East Java.

Section Head Utilization of Ancient Man Site Preservation Hall in the location Kedungbrubus Sukronedi Sangiran, Madison, on Thursday (07/28/2011), say, a total of 19 fossil fragments are found. A total of 15 fossil fragments found at the time of the survey and four fragments of fossils found during the excavation.

"This fossil fragments we found most of the formations kabuh (soil layer that forms on 700000-800000 years ago). This signifies that we have found ancient animal lived during the Pleistocene," said Sukronedi.

Fossil fragments found that, among other things, fragments Plastron testudinata, namely the lower shell turtle animal, fragments of rhinoceros molars (molars rhinoceros), rib fragments rhinoceros (rhinoceros Custae), and fragments of teeth of rodents (rodentia Insicivus), and fragments of elephant thigh (femur stegodon).

The plan, all the fossils will be brought to the Sangiran to be stored in a museum.

Excavation began on Thursday (21/07/2011) and is scheduled to expire on July 30, 2011. The research team consists of archaeologists, biologists, geologists, and chemists.

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