Paleontologists uncover ancient elephant relative in China's Ningxia region


The relatively intact tetralophodon fossil was discovered in a former mine site in Wuzhong, Ningxia Hui autonomous region. - China Daily/ANN

BEIJING: A team of paleontologists has uncovered a relatively well-preserved tetralophodon fossil in a former mine site in Wuzhong, Ningxia Hui autonomous region.

Estimated to be between nine million and 11 million years old, it's the region's first fully preserved large-mammal find in 10 years. Tetralophodons are posited to be ancient relatives of modern elephants.

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