Ganga Valley: Pleistocene, India
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Stegodon sp.
Falconer 1857
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Palaeoloxodon namadicus
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Stegodon insignis
Falconer 1857
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Elephas sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Elephas antiquus
Falconer and Cautley 1847
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Rhinoceros sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus onager
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Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Tetraprotodon palaeindicus
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Antilope sp.
Pallas 1766
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Gazella sp.
Blaineville 1816
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Bos sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bubalus sp.
Hamilton-Smith 1827
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Cervus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Geography
| Country: | India | State/province: | Uttar Pradesh |
| Coordinates: | 26.0° North, 81.0° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 25.6° North, 81.0° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | basin |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58 - 0.0117 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | conglomerate |
| Secondary lithology: | gravel |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Ganges Valley | ||
| Database number: | 237974 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | S. Thomsen |
| Modifier: | S. Thomsen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2024-12-29 14:53:51 | Last modified: | 2025-01-03 12:57:01 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2024-12-29 14:53:51 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 90230. | P. R. Chauhan. 2008. Large mammal fossil occurrences and associated archaeological evidence in Pleistocene contexts of peninsular India and Sri Lanka. Quaternary International 192(1):20-42 [P. Mannion/S. Thomsen/S. Thomsen] |