Mammoths, horses and camels: Anonymous tip leads scientists to a fossil bed in Tamaulipas

Mammoths, horses and camels: Anonymous tip leads scientists to a fossil bed in Tamaulipas

Authorities in the northern state of Tamaulipas reported the discovery of suspected mammoth fossils near the Francisco Villa Ejido, in the Magical Town of Tula. According to officials, a team of scientists from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) Tamaulipas, unearthed the fossils on April 17 following an anonymous tip. The remains were found embedded on the wall of a creek known as El Vado de la Muralla. One of the exposed …

Subscribe to our WhatsApp channel and bring the information in the palm of your hand. Find 10,000-year-old mammoth or mastodon remains in Tamaulipas A paleontological finding in Tula, Tamaulipas, revealed mega fauna remains at least 10,000 years old. INAH specialists found bones of a proboscide (possibly mammoth or mastodon), a camel and an equidae. Thanks to the warning of a citizen, looting was avoided and the remains are now under analysis. T…