Liang Bua Sector IV, 4.5 m depth (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)

• Stegodon molar has a coupled ESR/uranium series age of 74 kyr

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: cave; siliciclastic sediments

• none given, but sediments in Sector VII are silt, clay, and rockfall

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying,

Primary reference: M. J. Morwood, R. P. Soejono, R. G. Roberts, T. Sutikna, C. S. M. Turney, K. E. Westaway, W. J. Rink, J.-x. Zhao, G. D. Bergh, Rokus Awe Due, D. R. Hobbs, M. W. Moore, M. I. Bird and L. K. Fifield. 2004. Archaeology and age of a new hominin from Flores in eastern Indonesia. Nature 431:1087-1091 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis

PaleoDB collection 68057: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 30.12.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Stegodon sp.
Stegodon sp. Falconer 1857 elephant
molar