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

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Felidae
Leo leo cat
sinhaleyus
 Carnivora - Canidae
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinoceros sinhaleyus one-horned rhinoceros
Rhinoceros kagavena one-horned rhinoceros
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bibos gaurus ox
sinhaleyus
unclassified
  -
Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bos sp. Linnaeus 1758 ox
Bubalus bubalis Linnaeus 1758 water buffalo
migona
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Axis axis Erxleben 1777 chital
ceylonensis
Axis porcinus Zimmerman 1780 deer
Cervus unicolor Kerr 1792 sambar
unicolor
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinoceros sp. Linnaeus 1758 one-horned rhinoceros
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas maximus Linnaeus 1758 Asian elephant
sinhaleyus
"Elephas namadicus" = Elephas (Euelephas) namadicus Falconer 1846 elephant