Also known as GSI Type No. 18683
Where: Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh, India (22.9° N, 77.8° E: paleocoordinates 22.9° N, 77.8° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Lower Narmada Deposit Formation, Middle Pleistocene to Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)
• 3 m thick gravel directly overlying the Deccan Traps
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial; conglomerate
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: surface (float),
• Found in association with 3 Achulean Hand-axes
Primary reference: C. Tripathi and P.K. Basu. 1983. A fossil elephant from the middle Pliestocene alluvial deposit of Narmada Valley, M.P. Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India 28:63-66 [W. Clyde/J. Finarelli/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 13447: authorized by Will Clyde, entered by John Finarelli on 21.03.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
"Elephas cf. namadicus" = Elephas (Euelephas) namadicus
"Elephas cf. namadicus" = Elephas (Euelephas) namadicus Falconer 1846 elephant |