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Panaiyur's marine fossils likely 12, 000 years old: ZSI
4+ hour, 55+ min ago (368+ words) THOOTHUKUDI: The marine fossils discovered at Panaiyur in Kulathur South panchayat approximately belong to the middle to late Holocene epoch, i. e. , between 8, 000 and 12, 000 years ago, states a report sent to District Collector Vishu Mahajan by the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI)…...
After 3, 500-year-old rhino bones, remains of nilgai, black bucks found in Western Ghats
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (279+ words) COIMBATORE: Excavations carried out by the archaeologists of the Department of Maritime History and Marine Archaeology in Thanjavur found bones of wild animals such as nilgai, the largest antelope in Asia, black bucks, four-horned antelopes and gazelles, along with rhinoceros…...
Jurassic era fossil wood donated to AU Museum
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (181+ words) VISAKHAPATNAM: A petrified fossil wood specimen, believed to date back approximately 160 million years, has been donated to the Botany Department Museum at Andhra University. The fossil was handed over by former Chief Conservator of Forests Ampili Bharat Kumar. According to…...