Liang Bua Sector XI, Spit 46 (Pleistocene of Indonesia)

Where: East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia (8.5° S, 120.4° E: paleocoordinates 8.5° S, 120.4° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: cave; brown, argillaceous siltstone and sandy siltstone

• exact level unclear: different levels in the local section include "brownish clayey silts and sandy silts... brownish clayey silts and silts...conglomerates with clayey silt matrix"

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying,

Primary reference: M. J. Morwood, P. Brown, Jatmiko, T. Sutikna, E. Wahyu Saptomo, K. E. Westaway, Rokus Awe Due, R. G. Roberts, T. Maeda, S. Wasisto, and T. Djubiantono. 2005. Further evidence for small-bodied hominins from the Late Pleistocene of Flores, Indonesia. 437:1012-1017 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis

PaleoDB collection 68064: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 01.01.2007, edited by Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

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Aves
 Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
Gallinago sp.
Gallinago sp. Brisson 1760 snipe
 Columbiformes - Columbidae
Columbidae indet.
Columbidae indet. Illiger 1811 dove
aff. Macropygia/Ptilinopus
 Coraciiformes - Alcedinidae
Halcyon sp.
Halcyon sp. Swainson 1821 kingfisher
 Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Haliastur cf. indus
Haliastur cf. indus Boddaert 1783 brahminy kite
Mammalia
 Primates - Hominidae
Homo floresiensis n. gen. n. sp.
Homo floresiensis n. gen. n. sp. Brown et al. 2004 hobbit