Middle Son Valley (Pleistocene of India)

Where: India (24.5° N, 82.0° E: paleocoordinates 24.5° N, 82.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. Srivastava and H. H. Schleich. 2018. Fossil turtles and crocodiles from the Caenozoic of S-Asia. [P. Mannion/G. Varnham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 224310: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Grace Varnham on 10.02.2022, edited by Søren Thomsen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
unclassified
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Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hippo
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Muntiacus muntjak Rafinesque 1815 muntjak
Axis axis Erxleben 1777 chital
Axis porcinus Zimmerman 1780 deer
Cervus sp. Linnaeus 1758 deer
Cervus unicolor Kerr 1792 sambar
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Caprini sp. Gray 1821 antelope
Ovis/Capra
Antilope cervicapra Linnaeus 1758 blackbuck
Gazella gazella Pallas 1766 gazelle
Boselaphus tragocamelus Pallas 1766 nilgai
Tetracerus quadricornis de Blainville 1816 four-horned antelope
Bubalus sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827 water buffalo
Bos indicus Linnaeus 1758 ox
Bos namadicus Falconer and Cautley 1847 ox
Bos cf. gaurus Smith 1827 ox
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Sus sp. Linnaeus 1758 pig
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
"Equus hemionus" = Equus (Hemionus) hemionus Pallas 1775 onager
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinoceros sp. Linnaeus 1758 one-horned rhinoceros
Rhinoceros cf. unicornis Linnaeus 1758 Indian rhinoceros
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine
 Carnivora - Felidae
Felis sp. Linnaeus 1758 cat
Panthera sp. Oken 1816 cat
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
"Hyaena crocuta" = Crocuta crocuta
"Hyaena crocuta" = Crocuta crocuta Erxleben 1777 spotted hyaena
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas sp., "Elephas indicus" = Elephas maximus indicus
Elephas sp. Linnaeus 1758 elephant
"Elephas indicus" = Elephas maximus indicus Cuvier 1798 Asian elephant
Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Gavialidae
Gavialis gangeticus Gmelin 1789 Gharial
IM-5 (mandibular rostrum)