Pliocene Ceylon Collection (Pleistocene of Sri Lanka)
Where: Sabaragamuva, Sri Lanka (8.3° N, 79.8° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 7.1° N, 79.7° E (Wright 2013)
When: Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)
• Upper Siwalik coralate on Ceylon
Environment/lithology:
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: P.E.P. Deraniyagala. 1937. Some Miocene and upper Siwalik [lower Pleistocene] vertebrates from Ceylon. Spolia zeylanica 20:191-198 [W. Clyde/J. Finarelli/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 14150: authorized by Will Clyde, entered by John Finarelli on 16.05.2002
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Taxonomic list
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Palaeoloxodon sp. Matsumoto 1924 elephant
Palaeoloxodon namadicus Falconer 1846 elephant | |
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Hexaprotodon sivalensis Falconer and Cautley 1836 pygmy hippo | |
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Rhinoceros sivalensis Falconer and Cautley 1847 one-horned rhinoceros | |