Ganga Valley (Pleistocene of India)
Also known as Ganges Valley
Where: Uttar Pradesh, India (26.0° N, 81.0° E: paleocoordinates 25.6° N, 81.0° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; conglomerate and gravel
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: P. R. Chauhan. 2008. Large mammal fossil occurrences and associated archaeological evidence in Pleistocene contexts of peninsular India and Sri Lanka. Quaternary International 192(1):20-42more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 237974: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Søren Thomsen on 29.12.2024
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
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Palaeoloxodon namadicus, Stegodon sp., Stegodon insignis, Elephas sp., "Elephas antiquus" = Palaeoloxodon antiquus
Palaeoloxodon namadicus elephant
Stegodon sp. Falconer 1857 elephant
Stegodon insignis Falconer 1857 elephant
Elephas sp. Linnaeus 1758 elephant
"Elephas antiquus" = Palaeoloxodon antiquus Falconer and Cautley 1847 elephant | |
Bos sp. Linnaeus 1758 ox
Bubalus sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827 water buffalo
Antilope sp. Pallas 1766 antelope
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816 gazelle | |
Cervus sp. Linnaeus 1758 deer | |
Rhinoceros sp. Linnaeus 1758 one-horned rhinoceros | |
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse |