paleontology Department mammoth maxilla

in new network Jilin on 17 June, (reporter Cang Cheap Knicks Jerseys Yan) in June 17th, Jilin residents salvaged out of a "fossil" in Songhua River, the shape of teeth. After the preliminary appraisal experts, "teeth" cheap 2013 NBA Finals Jerseys paleontology Department mammoth maxilla, and intact.

12 pm the same day, the Jilin public Wu Desheng fishing in Binjiang Park, with hooks and a length of about 7 cm "stone". Stone is very much like an animal's teeth, one side is irregular stripes.

"I think this is some kind of animal fossils, my fishing fishing hook teeth fished up from the mud." Wu Desheng said.

reporter saw "teeth", the surface is smooth, the subtle visible spots. Spread in the palm Cheap Bobcats Jerseys of your hand, "teeth" Cheap Celtics Jerseys about the middle fingers of the same length, small radian.

Jilin CPPCC literature researcher Pi Fusheng said after the identification, the "teeth" on the jaw fossil mammoth. "Late Pleistocene glacial stage, the formation of the northeast region mammoth group, its wearing long hair, big." Pi Fusheng said, this was found fossils preserved, is an adult mammoth jawbone.

is also called "mammoth mammoths, is an adaptation to cold climates animal, was once the world's largest elephant, elephant than about two times as large, weighing up to Cheap Cavaliers Jerseys 8 tons. The mammoth tall and strong, with a stout legs, feet have four toes, head is very big, in the mouth of a pair of curved teeth. A mature mammoth, body length up to 5 meters, about 3 meters high." Pi Fusheng said, the fossil after the Songhua River erosion, is still in good condition, has a certain value for the study of ancient geography of Jilin prefecture.

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(original title: Jilin Songhua River 现古 mammoth jawbone fossils dating back 100000000 years (Chart))