Monday, 11 August 2008

2.5 million-years-old mastodon found in Romania

A 2.5 million-year-old skeleton of a mastodon was found by miners at a coal mine in a village called Racosul de Sus approxiately 100 miles northwest of Bucharest.
About 90% of tthe skeleton was intact,digging it out of the ground will take about 2 months.

It will then be displayed in the Baraolt museum after research has been done on the remains.

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