A paleontologist has discovered treasures beneath the rich Venezuelan soil. This includes a huge armadillo of the size of a Volkswagen, a crocodile bigger than a bus and a sabre-toothed tiger.

The surveys from the oil companies have reported a trove of fossils dating back to 14,000 to 370 million years ago. A large number of record specimens from varying eras are now being stored in small office of the Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research.

The office also consists of a giant, six-ton mastodon from 25,000 years ago. It belongs to the time when the ice Age ended. Unfazed by the discoveries made already, the in charge of the institute's Laboratory of Palaeontology is aiming to find human fossils for proof of prehistoric human life in the area as their next discovery.

The lead researchers said that they have reached very closer to the discovery, for serving that purpose they will be continuing the exploration in that area. He also said that the lacking part is the satisfactory indication that man lived and hunted the mega fauna that had been discovered by them.

The Venezuela are situated in South America and possesses a complicated geological structure that let it remain in the oil deposits connecting with the life preserved, past a long time ago.