Description: Here on offer is believed to be a rare pygmy or Juvinile Stegodon tooth! Pygmy or Juvenile Stegodon tooth, measures approx 12cms, and weighs 672 grams. Stegodon where thought to be related to modern elephants but have now been clasified as beloning to the exstinct family Stegolophodon. They were distinctive with long tusks that were close together forcing the trunk to sit over to the side of them. This tooth comes from Java, Indonesia and is likely to be 2.6-1.8 million years old Not a common fossil to pick up in local fossil shops as the numbers currently available are very low compaired to teeth from other species like the wooly mammoth. exotic fossil could be added to your collection. it maybe from the species semedoensis only just discovered in central Java in 2014! there other species from other locations in indonesia there is a chance that if this is not semedoensis it maybe a new discovery for the area. Some of the other species from indonesia are "sompoensis" " Stegodon florensis insularis" They are thought to have become extinct around 840,000 year ago.It was discovered/ dug in central java, indonesia while sand was being excuvated for building works. From what i have read so far scientist believe them to be Early Pliocene to early Pleistocene so upto 5 million years old. As well as pygmy stegodon Pygmy human remains dating to the same age have been discovered in Indonesia, it may well be the case that pygmy stegodons lived alongside these Hobbit sized people named Homo floresiensis Pygmy Stegodon are thought to have evolved on Islands like Java, Indonesia around 5 million years ago before the island was invaded by the larger species. .
Price: 275 GBP
Location: Cowes, isle of wight
End Time: 2024-12-09T16:09:53.000Z
Shipping Cost: 20.34 GBP
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Sub-Type: TOOTH
Type: Fossils
