27Fossil sites
Irrawaddy Formation
Irrawaddy Formation in Myanmar: 27 fossil sites. Typical age: 4–1 million years (Neogene, Quaternary).
27Fossil sites
11Finds
4–1 million yearsTypical age
NeogeneMain period
Where its fossils were found
QuaternaryNeogene
By geological period
Quaternary13
Neogene14
What was found
Mammoths and mastodons · 8Stegodon, Stegolophodon, Elephas
Early humans and great apes · 3Khoratpithecus
Towns with the most fossil sites nearby
ThittabweFossil sites: 5
KywègyanFossil sites: 3
KywethomyaungFossil sites: 3
KyaungdeikFossil sites: 2
YenangyatFossil sites: 2
OkshitkonFossil sites: 1
MogaungFossil sites: 1
KangyiFossil sites: 1
NwachigyunFossil sites: 1
OndweFossil sites: 1
TamoFossil sites: 1
NgayewinFossil sites: 1
Than-udawFossil sites: 1
WadawgyaungFossil sites: 1
Dan DaingFossil sites: 1
YegaFossil sites: 1
SanmagyiFossil sites: 1
Other formations of the same period
Neogene