Authority for Research and Conservation of Cultural heritage (ARCCH) says archeologists team discovers fossils of hippopotamus that thought to have been 6.7 mln to 9 mln years old .
Public and International relations deputy head with the authority, Fanta Beyene told WMC that archeologists find out fossils of hippopotamus dated 6.7 to 9 mln years ago at archeological site of Chorora , located in the western past of Hararage.
Archeologists team has explained that the new fossil discovered are components of tooth and some body parts of hippopotamus.
The archeologists team noted that the new fossils of hippo is expected to help scientists to understand the past species of mammal extincted million years ago.
The newly discovered fossil, Chororateriomrobi, is named after Cherora, a place where the fossil is discovered and Robi is taken from name of hippo in Oromiffa language .