HERE IS THE VIDEO OF THE DISCOVERY OF AN ANCIENT ELEPHANT FOSSIL DATING BACK ABOUT EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND YEARS AGO IN NGANJUK REGENCY, EAST JAVA// THE ANCIENT ELEPHANT, KNOWN BY ITS LATIN NAME STEGODON TRIGONOCEPHALUS, WAS DISCOVERED AT THE END OF OCTOBER 2025//

CURRENTLY, THE RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION TEAM AT THE GEOLOGICAL MUSEUM/ HAS RECEIVED THE ANCIENT ELEPHANT FOSSIL/ STEGODON TRIGONOCEPHALUS AND IS REPAIRING THE FOSSIL BY CLEANING THE SOIL LAYER ATTACHED TO IT//

IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THE STEGODON TRIGONOCEPHALUS ANCIENT ELEPHANT FOSSIL IS APPROXIMATELY EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND YEARS OLD AND IS THREE METERS TALL AND FOUR METERS LONG// This is based on the equivalent rock layer that is eight hundred thousand years old.

According to the discovery of the ancient elephant fossil Stegodon trigonocephalus, it began with a report from the Nganjuk Regional Government, which received information from the community. The location of the discovery of the ancient elephant/Stegodon trigonocephalus fossil is on the slopes of Mount Pandan, Tritik Village, Rejos District, Nganjuk Regency, East Java, at a depth of about one meter.

UNGGUL PRASETYO WIBOWO (HEAD OF THE GEOLOGICAL MUSEUM COLLECTION CONSERVATION INVESTIGATION TEAM)

THE ANCIENT ELEPHANT/STEGODON TRIGONOCEPHALUS FOSSIL IS NEARLY INtact BECAUSE IT IS ESTIMATED TO BE 70 PERCENT COMPLETE// Although there are quite a number of fossils, the reconstruction process to make them whole will take up to a year.