<p>A paleontological team in Pakistan claims to have discovered a 1.1-million-year-old elephant tusk, measuring about eight feet in length, in Punjab province.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The elephant tusk belonged to an extinct genus of the elephant family, Stegodon, researchers said.<br /><br />A team at Punjab University's zoology department has been engaged in research and excavation in Gujrat-Kharian area, Dawn reported.<br /><br />"The research scholars of zoology department have long been working at Pabbi of Rajo, Kharian and Sahawa and discovered a number of ancient fossils," Professor Muhammad Akthar said.<br /><br />The team discovered 1.1-million-year-old elephant tusk belonging to an extinct genus of elephant family - Stegodon, said Akthar. "It measures approximately eight feet long and 8 inches in diameter. It is the largest tusk of this elephant species ever found in Pakistan and belongs to an old individual," he said.<br /><br />Akthar said bovid skulls with associated isolated teeth were recovered from Punjan Sher Shahana, Gujrat, from where the elephant skull was recovered previously. The skull and teeth belonged to Reduncine, a relative of antelopes of cattle family, he said.</p>
<p>A paleontological team in Pakistan claims to have discovered a 1.1-million-year-old elephant tusk, measuring about eight feet in length, in Punjab province.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The elephant tusk belonged to an extinct genus of the elephant family, Stegodon, researchers said.<br /><br />A team at Punjab University's zoology department has been engaged in research and excavation in Gujrat-Kharian area, Dawn reported.<br /><br />"The research scholars of zoology department have long been working at Pabbi of Rajo, Kharian and Sahawa and discovered a number of ancient fossils," Professor Muhammad Akthar said.<br /><br />The team discovered 1.1-million-year-old elephant tusk belonging to an extinct genus of elephant family - Stegodon, said Akthar. "It measures approximately eight feet long and 8 inches in diameter. It is the largest tusk of this elephant species ever found in Pakistan and belongs to an old individual," he said.<br /><br />Akthar said bovid skulls with associated isolated teeth were recovered from Punjan Sher Shahana, Gujrat, from where the elephant skull was recovered previously. The skull and teeth belonged to Reduncine, a relative of antelopes of cattle family, he said.</p>