Aruwakkalu Hill (Miocene of Sri Lanka)
Where: Puttalam, Sri Lanka (8.3° N, 79.8° E: paleocoordinates 2.5° N, 77.1° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Jaffna Limestone Formation, Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)
• "Malu deposit"
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, calcareous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: P.E.P. Deraniyagala. 1937. Some Miocene and upper Siwalik [lower Pleistocene] vertebrates from Ceylon. Spolia zeylanica 20:191-198 [W. Clyde/J. Finarelli/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 14149: authorized by Will Clyde, entered by John Finarelli on 16.05.2002, edited by Mark Uhen
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Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia | |
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Placuna sp. Lightfoot 1786 scallop | |
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798 scallop | |
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam | |
Reptilia | |
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Geoemyda striata n. sp.1
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Mammalia | |
Miodugong brevicranius n. gen. n. sp.1
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Actinopteri | |
"Chrysophrys miolankae n. sp." = Otolithus (Chrysophris)1
"Chrysophrys miolankae n. sp." = Otolithus (Chrysophris)1 | |
Scarus sp.1 Gronovius 1763 | |
Labrodon angustidentatus n. sp.1 Deraniyagala 1969 | |
Chondrichthyes | |
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Miosynechodus mora n. gen. n. sp.1
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"Galeocerdo cuvieri" = Galeocerdo cuvier1
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Trygon sinhaleyus n. sp.1
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