1.7 Million Years Giant Turtle

This is another fossil collection of Bandung Museum of Geology: A 1.7 million years giant turtle (Megalochelys cf. sivalensis, also, formerly named Geochelone atlas). From this fossil, we know that the living turtle would have been 1.5 meter tall and 2 meter long. The fossil was excavated from the Glagah River area in Bumiayu, Central Java, Indonesia.

Fosil kura-kura raksasa koleksi Museum Geologi Bandung. Fosil ini ditemukan di daerah kali Glagah, Bumiayu, Jawa Tengah dan berusia sekitar 1,7 juta tahun. Pada masa hidupnya, kura-kura ini tingginya 1,5 meter dan panjangnya sekitar 2 meter (kira-kira sebesar dan setinggi kerbau)

Stegodon Trigonocephalus Fossil at Bandung Museum of Geology

This is another collection of Indonesia's ancient vertebrate fossil at Bandung Museum of Geology: Stegodon Trigonocephalus (ancient alephant). Stegodon Trigonocephalus roamed large parts of Asia during the Pleocene and Pleistocene Epoch about 11.6 until about 4.1 million years ago. It locally survived until the Holocene Epoch in the Indonesian archipelago.

Fosil gajah purba (Stegodon trigonocephalus) koleksi Museum Geologi Bandung. Gajak purba hidup di sebagian besar Asia pada kala Pleosin dan Pleistosin sekitar 11,6 hingga 4,1 juta tahun yang lalu. Namun di kepulauan Indonesia, gajah ini bertahan hingga kala Holosin.

Javanese Hippopotamus Fossil at Bandung Museum of Geology

Most of us would think that hippopotamus is the endemic animal of the African continent. Not so, apparently. A long, long time ago, during the Pliocene Epoch (Age), hippopotamus also roamed the island of Java as is evidenced by the discovery of this fossil.

This fossil of Javanese Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus Simplex or Hexaprotodon sivajananicus) is one of Indonesia's vertebrate fossil collection stored and displayed at Bandung Museum of Geology (see yesterday's post). This fossil along with many others were excavated from the Trinil area of Bengawan Solo (the Solo River) in Central Java in the early 20th Century.

Fosil Kudanil Jawa (Hippopotamus simplex atau Hexaprotodon sivajavanicus) koleksi Museum Geologi Bandung. Fosil ini ditemukan di daerah Trinil di tepian sungai Bengawan Solo pada awal abad ke-20. Kudanil pernah hidup di pulau Jawa pada Kala Pliosin (kira-kira 5 hingga 1 juta tahun yang lalu).