Ghod Valley (Pleistocene of India)

Where: India (17.8° N, 75.2° E: paleocoordinates 17.4° N, 75.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

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 238018: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Søren Thomsen on 03.01.2025

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas sp. Linnaeus 1758 elephant
Elephas namadicus/maximus
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bos namadicus Falconer and Cautley 1847 ox
Bubalus sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827 water buffalo
Leptobos sp. Rutimeyer 1878 antelope
Bos namadicus
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Cervus unicolor Kerr 1792 sambar
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hexaprotodon palaeindicus Falconer and Cautley 1847 pygmy hippo
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
Equus asinus Linnaeus 1758 donkey