(SCI) 6 MASTODON FOSSILS DISCOVERED IN ELMACIK IN 4 YEARS.BURDUR, Jul 18, 2009 (TUR tur: see ibex. ) -- Six mastodon mastodon (măs`tədŏn'), name for a number of prehistoric mammals of the extinct genus Mammut, from which modern elephants are believed to have developed. The earliest known forms lived in the Oligocene epoch in Africa. fossils were discovered in Elmacik village of Kemer town of south-western province of Burdur in the past four years. Excavations to discover more fossil remains continue in Elmacik village with the participation of 20 university students from Mehmet Akif Ersoy Mehmet Âkif Ersoyمحمد عاكف ارصوى (1873, Istanbul - 1936) was a Turkish poet. He wrote the lyrics of the Turkish National Anthem, İstiklâl Marşı (The March of Independence University (MAKU) and under the leadership of Dr. Nurfettin Kahraman from MAKU's Physical Geography Department. The first excavation to discover mastodon fossils took place in Elmacik village in 2006, Dr. Kahraman told the AA on Friday. Dr. Kahraman and his team of students found fossils of lions, antelopes, giraffes, rhinoceros rhinoceros, massive hoofed mammal of Africa, India, and SE Asia, characterized by a snout with one or two horns. The rhinoceros family, along with the horse and tapir families, forms the order of odd-toed hoofed mammals. and different bird species also near Elmacik village. We will work for many years to come to Elmacik village to find more fossils, Dr. Kahraman said. Mastodons are members of the extinct genus "Mammut" of the order Proboscidea and form the family Mammutidae; they resembled, but were distinct from, the woolly mammoth, which belongs to the family Elephantidae. Mastodons were browsers, while mammoths were grazers. Mastodons are thought to have first appeared almost four million years ago. They were native to both Eurasia and North America. (THROUGH ASIA Asia (ā`zhə), the world's largest continent, 17,139,000 sq mi (44,390,000 sq km), with about 3.3 billion people, nearly three fifths of the world's total population. PULSE) |
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