Narmada Valley (Pleistocene of India)

Where: India (22.4° N, 76.8° E: paleocoordinates 22.1° N, 76.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; 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 237975: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Søren Thomsen on 29.12.2024

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Ursidae
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
 Primates - Hominidae
Homo sp. Linnaeus 1758 human
Homo erectus/archaic H. sapiens
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hexaprotodon sivalensis Falconer and Cautley 1836 pygmy hippo
Hexaprotodon palaeindicus Falconer and Cautley 1847 pygmy hippo
Hexaprotodon namadicus Falconer and Cautley 1847 pygmy hippo
Hexaprotodon / Hippopotamus namadicus
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Cervus sp. Linnaeus 1758 deer
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Antilope sp. Pallas 1766 antelope
Antilope cervicapra Linnaeus 1758 blackbuck
Leptobos sp. Rutimeyer 1878 antelope
Bos namadicus
Boselaphus sp. de Blainville 1816 nilgai
Bubalus bubalis Linnaeus 1758 water buffalo
Bos planifrons Lydekker 1877 ox
Bos namadicus Falconer and Cautley 1847 ox
Bos cf. gaurus Smith 1827 ox
Bos/Bibos cf. gaurus
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Sus sp. Linnaeus 1758 pig
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Equus hemionus" = Equus (Hemionus) hemionus Pallas 1775 onager
khur
Equus caballus Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinoceros cf. unicornis Linnaeus 1758 Indian rhinoceros
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus sp. Linnaeus 1758 bear
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas sp. Linnaeus 1758 elephant
Elephas namadicus/Elephas maximus
Stegodon ganesa Falconer and Cautley 1875 elephant
Stegodon insignis Falconer 1857 elephant