Paleontological and Paleobotanical Museum (Nostimo) teeth of a shark that was 20–25 m long, and a Late Pliocene (3.5 million years old) tooth of an "Anancus arvenensis", a mastodon, an ancient relative of the elephant, which has been recognised here for the first time in the wider area of Western Macedonia. The mastodon which lived in this area was about the same size as a modern elephant, but with longer tusks. Also displayed are some Neolithic tools (from the 4th millennium BC): a fishing weight, and a blade for harvesting crops. Paleontological and Paleobotanical Museum (Nostimo) The Paleontological and Paleobotanical Museum () at Nostimo is
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