Watoealang 1 (Pleistocene of Indonesia)

Where: Java, Indonesia (7.4° S, 111.4° E: paleocoordinates 7.4° S, 111.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• "in the younger Pleistocene bone-bearing terraces near the river, the deposits being situated uncomformably upon the Middle Pleistocene of the Trinil beds [and]... identical with the terraces at Ngandong where the skulls of Homo soloensis were found."

Environment/lithology: fluvial; siliciclastic sediments

• "terraces"

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by W. F. F. Oppenoorth

Collection methods: quarrying,

• "an excavation"

Primary reference: A. Wetmore. 1940. Avian remains from the Pleistocene of central Java. Journal of Paleontology 14(5):447-450 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 74620: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 16.08.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Aves
 Ciconiiformes - Ciconiidae
Leptoptilos titan n. sp. Wetmore 1940 stork
 Gruiformes - Gruidae
Grus grus Linnaeus 1758 Common crane
 Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Aegypiinae indet. Old World vulture