Ratnapura Beds (Pleistocene of Sri Lanka)
Where: Sri Lanka (6.7° N, 80.4° E: paleocoordinates 6.3° N, 80.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-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 238030: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Søren Thomsen on 03.01.2025
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
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Cuon javanicus dhole | |
Rhinoceros sinhaleyus one-horned rhinoceros
Rhinoceros kagavena one-horned rhinoceros | |
Elephas hysudricus elephant | |
Hexaprotodon sinhaleyus pygmy hippo | |
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unclassified | |
Mammalia | |
Sus sinhaleyus pig | |
Bos sp. Linnaeus 1758 ox | |
Axis porcinus Zimmerman 1780 deer | |
Rhinoceros sp. Linnaeus 1758 one-horned rhinoceros | |
Elephas maximus, "Elephas namadicus" = Elephas (Euelephas) namadicus
"Elephas namadicus" = Elephas (Euelephas) namadicus Falconer 1846 elephant |