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.
Lead researcher Dr Ros Fatihah Muhammad from UM’s Geologi Department and vertebrate paleontologist and zooarcologist Lim Tze Tshen from the Paleontological Society of Malaysia were the scientists behind the discovery.
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