Also known as FVL-5
Where: Sulawesi, Indonesia (4.4° S, 120.0° E: paleocoordinates 4.3° S, 121.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Wanlanae Formation, Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• subunit B
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; conglomerate
Primary reference: G. D. van den Bergh. 1999. The Late Neogene elephantoid-bearing faunas of Indonesia and their palaeozoogeographic implications. A study of the terrestrial faunal succession of Sulawesi, Flores and Java, including evidence for early hominid dispersal east of Wallace's Line. Scripta Geologica 117:1-419 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 93543: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 22.01.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Reptilia | |
Crocodylia indet. crocodilian | |
Geochelone sp. Fitzinger 1835 turtle | |
Mammalia | |
"Elephas celebensis" = Archidiskodon celebensis, Stegodon sompoensis
"Elephas celebensis" = Archidiskodon celebensis Hooijer 1949 mammoth
Stegodon sompoensis Hooijer 1964 elephant | |
Celebochoerus sp. Hooijer 1848 pig |