Pitu (Pleistocene of Indonesia)

Where: Jawa Timur, Indonesia (7.4° S, 111.3° E: paleocoordinates 7.4° S, 111.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by Dubois in 1887

Primary reference: M. Delfino and J. de Vos. 2010. A revision of the Dubois crocodylians, Gavialis bengawanicus and Crocodylus ossifragus, from the Pleistocene Homo erectus beds of Java. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(2):427-441 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 144108: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 01.05.2013

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Gavialidae
Gavialis bengawanicus Dubois 1908 gharial
CD 4+32+2715, mandible