Farmers discovered the legendary mastodon 'super elephant' in the middle of the field

A legendary mastodon, a giant elephant-like and large mammoth-like elephant, was found on a farm in Indiana (USA) when farmers were digging sewers.

Schepman's peasant family in Seymour, Indiana (USA) believed he had dug a pile of cow bone when installing sewers in his farm. However, the more they dug, the more surprised they found a long thigh bone . more than 1.2 m and an ivory-like ivory but much larger.

Father and son Joe Schepman (left) and Brad Schepman on the third of the ivory of "super elephants" - (photo: AP).

The area continued to be excavated and many other bone parts of a giant elephant were found, including the jaw bone, upper leg bone, a vertebrae, joints and part of the skull. The ivory consists of 2 pieces and although it is very large, it is confirmed by experts that it is only . 1/3 of the animal's tusks.

The remains are determined to belong to a distant relative of the legendary mastodon, also known as "mastodon" , of the Mammut genus, Mammutidae family, a group of extinct animals. The mastodon " super elephant" is estimated to appear on Earth about 4 million years ago. It was tall and had long mammoth-like feathers but not mammoths, though they were quite similar, because the mammoths were actually from the Elephantidae family.

The remains are found - (photo: AP).

An expert from the Indiana State Museum analyzed the skeleton and determined it belonged to a male mastodon weighing 5.44 tons, dying at 40-50 years of age. The remains are dated to 13,000 years.

After saving commemorative photos on private land, family owner Joe Shchepman and other members decided to donate precious mastodon skeletons to the Indiana State Museum.

"It's great that a child comes to this Indianapolis museum, sees these bones and ivory, and knows they're found in his hometown," said Brad Shchepman, Joe's son. of the family.

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