UM scientists discover fossil of extinct elephant in Gopeng cave


  • Nation
  • Friday, 09 Oct 2020

PETALING JAYA: Scientists from Universiti Malaya (UM) have discovered the fossil of a stegodon, an extinct elephant, in a limestone cave in Gopeng, Perak.

It is the first stegodon fossil to have been discovered in Malaysia, with a rough geological age of between 30,000 and 80,000 years.

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