Ceylon - Miocene: Miocene, Sri Lanka
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Acra granosa
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Deraniyagala 1969 | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Odontaspidida
- Isuridae
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Galeolamna gangetica
(Mueller and Henle 1841)
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Deraniyagala 1969 | |||||||||
| recombined as Galeolamna gangeticus | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Aetobatidae
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Aetobatus sinhaleyus
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Dasyatidae
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Trygon sinhaleyus
Deraniyagala 1969
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Deraniyagala 1969 | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Myliobatidae
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Myliobatis sinhaleyus
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Deraniyagala 1969 | |||||||||
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Myliobatis sinhaleyus
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Hemigaleidae
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Hemipristis serra
Agassiz 1835
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Deraniyagala 1969 | |||||||||
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Hemipristis serra
Agassiz 1835
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Galeocerdidae
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Galeocerdo arcticus
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Galeocerdo cuvieri
(Peron and LeSueur 1822)
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Deraniyagala 1969 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Galeocerdo cuvier | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Carcharhinidae
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Glyphis minor
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Lamnidae
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Isurus glaucus
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Deraniyagala 1969 | |||||||||
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Isurus sp.
Rafinesque 1810
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Actinopteri
- Perciformes
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Callyodon sp.
Gronovius 1763
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Actinopteri
- Tetraodontiformes
- Diodontidae
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Diodon sinhaleyus
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Actinopteri
- Labriformes
- Labridae
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Labrodon sinhaleyus
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Deraniyagala 1969 | |||||||||
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Labrodon sinhaleyus
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Labrodon angustidentatus
Deraniyagala 1969
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Deraniyagala 1969 | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Spariformes
- Sparidae
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Chrysophrys miolankae
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Deraniyagala 1969 | |||||||||
| corrected as Otolithus (Chrysophris) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Cheloniidae
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Miocaretta lankae
Deraniyagala 1967
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Geoemydidae
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Geoemyda striatus
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Deraniyagala 1969 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Miotestudo ibba
Deraniyagala 1967
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Mammalia
- Sirenia
- Dugongidae
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Miodugong brevicranius
Deraniyagala 1969
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= Metaxytherium sp.
de Christol 1840
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Mioceta bigelowi
Deraniyagala 1967
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= Cetacea indet.
Brisson 1762
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Uhen 2500 | |||||||||
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? Miotursiops mulla
Deraniyagala 1969
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Deraniyagala 1969 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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= Cetacea indet.
Brisson 1762
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Uhen 2500 | |||||||||
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Leucosiidae
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Leucosia unidentata
De Haan 1841
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Deraniyagala 1969 | |||||||||
| recombined as Euclosia unidentata | ||||||||||
| L. unidentata lankae | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Sri Lanka |
| Coordinates: | 8.3° North, 79.8° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 2.9° North, 77.4° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Altitude: | 230 feet |
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5-6 | ||
| *Period: | Late/Upper Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 23.03000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Jaffna | Member: | Malu Deposit |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | argillaceous conglomerate |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: shaly conglomerate containing marine, estuariane and terestrial vertebrates in association with marine and estuarine invertebrates. | |
| Environment: | estuary/bay |
| Geology comments: Section is cross-cut by "block faulting or horsting," causing one portion to be at 230 elevation and another to be at sea level. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | surface (float),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collection method comments: Description of vertebrate fossils found in beds originally thought to contain only invertebrates. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 13449 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Clyde, M. Uhen | Enterer: | J. Finarelli, L. Gannon, M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-03-21 08:29:54 | Last modified: | 2019-01-29 12:55:05 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-03-21 08:29:54 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 10445. | P.E.P. Deraniyagala. 1937. Some Miocene fishes from Ceylon. Ceylon Journal of Science 20:355-367 [W. Clyde/L. Gannon/L. Gannon] |
Secondary references:
| 18920 | P. E. P. Deraniyagala. 1968. Some aspects of the Tertiary period in Ceylon. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society (Ceylon Branch), New Series 12:86-108 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 6063 | 5% 40140 | P.E.P. Deraniyagala. 1969. Some Miocene vertebrates from Ceylon. Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India 13:20-23 [W. Clyde/J. Finarelli/L. Gannon] |
| 13722 | R. J. G. Savage and B. S. Tewari. 1977. A new sirenian from Kutch, India. Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India 20:216-218 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |