Isolated find: 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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Elephas maximus
Linnaeus 1758
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Geography
| Country: | India | State/province: | Assam |
| Coordinates: | 26.0° North, 93.0° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 25.5° North, 93.0° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||
| 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: | not reported |
| 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
| Database number: | 238023 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | S. Thomsen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2025-01-03 14:25:11 | Last modified: | 2025-01-03 14:25:11 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2025-01-03 14:25:11 |
| 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] |