Beru (Pleistocene of Indonesia)

Also known as Tana Beru

Where: Sulawesi, Indonesia (5.5° S, 120.4° E: paleocoordinates 5.5° S, 120.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. A. Hooijer. 1948. Pleistocene vertebrates from Celebes: III, Anoa depressicornis (Smith) subsp., and Babyrousa babyrussa beruensis nov. subsp. Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen 51:1322-1330 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 93698: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 28.01.2010, edited by Evangelos Vlachos

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Babyrousa babyrussa Linnaeus 1758 babirusa
subspecies beruensis
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo margae n. sp. Hooijer 1948 turtle
right scapula