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Department confirms ammonite fossils found at Bangkok mall are real

An ammonite fossil is one among 77 pieces found along the walkways of Siam Square shopping mall in Bangkok. (Photo: Department of Mineral Resources’ Facebook page)

The Department of Mineral Resources confirmed ammonite fossils recently found embedded in the walkways of Siam Square shopping mall in Bangkok were real.

Department director general Poongboon Pongthong has assigned geologist Adulwit Kaweera of the Fossil Protection Division to head a team to examine the shopping mall after a Facebook user posted photos of the fossils she took while walking through Siam Square on her Facebook page. The post was widely shared on social media on Tuesday.

A fossil expert earlier said they looked like genuine fossils of ammonites, sea…

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