Manneru Valley, Pamura (Pleistocene of India)

Where: Andhra Pradesh, India (15.1° N, 79.4° E: paleocoordinates 15.1° N, 79.4° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• Ash bed below fossil-bearing layer "compares well with that of the youngest (74,000 BP) Toba tuff from Sumatra"

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the GSI

Primary reference: K. Shankar and C. V. N. Rao. 1994. First report of a fossil marsh crocodile Crocodylus palustris from the Nanneru Valley, Andhra Pradesh. Current Science 67(9-10):687-689 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 143754: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 25.04.2013

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
Crocodylus palustris Lesson 1831 mugger crocodile
GSI 20454 (partial skull)