Ayyanidipu (Pleistocene of India)

Where: Madras, India (8.8° N, 78.1° E: paleocoordinates 8.4° N, 78.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cholan Formation, Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology:

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: K.N. Prasad and J. A. Daniel. 1968. On the occurence of Hypselephas hysudricus in the Pleistocene deposits of Tirunelveli. Current Science 37(18):516-517 [W. Clyde/J. Finarelli/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 13487: authorized by Will Clyde, entered by John Finarelli on 03.04.2002

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Hypselephas hysudricus" = Elephas
"Hypselephas hysudricus" = Elephas elephant