The fossil remains of " Stegodon florensis ", " Hooijeromys nusatenggara ", crocodile and freshwater mollusk were also discovered.
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In 1951, a 2 Anna Indian postage stamp to commemorate the centenary of the Geological Survey of India illustrated " Stegodon ganesa " was released.
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Elephant and Stegodon were believed to be roaming around the vicinities of Quezon City, and the rhinoceros in the area of the present-day Guadalupe in Mindanao.
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Near the skeleton were stone tools and animal remains, including teeth from a young Stegodon, or prehistoric dwarf elephant, as well as fish, birds and rodents.
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The Komodo dragon may have evolved to feed on the extinct dwarf elephant " Stegodon " that once lived on Flores, according to evolutionary biologist Jared Diamond.
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Notwithstanding the small brain of " H . floresiensis ", the discoverers have associated it with cooperative hunting of " Stegodon " by these hominids.
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In Bardia National Park in Nepal, there is a population of Indian elephants that, possibly due to inbreeding, exhibit many " Stegodon "-like morphological features.
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The remains of " Stegodon florensis ", " Hooijeromys nusatenggara ", Komodo Dragon and crocodile were also discovered in the layer associated with the hominin fossil remains.
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In March 1913, a fossil tooth from a Parastegodon ( similar to the Stegodon genus ) was found in what is now Yurigaoka 2-19 in the upper sedimentary layers of mudstone.
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Subsequent to this date, other megafauna of the island ( such as the proboscid " Stegodon florensis insularis " and the giant stork " Leptoptilos robustus " ) also disappeared.
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