Wajak Cave Mammal Fauna: Holocene, Indonesia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
cf. Rhinoceratidae indet.
Osteichthyes
Osteichthyes indet. Huxley 1880
A few vertebrae and a mandibular fragment. Attributed to "Pisces" in article.
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus indicus Desmarest 1819
1 specimen
Mammalia - Cervidae
Cervidae indet. Gray 1821
76 specimens
plus additioanl distal articulation fragments of metatasals and meta carpals
Muntiacus muntjak Rafinesque 1815
10 specimens
Cervus (Rusa) kuhlii
10 specimens
original and current combination Rusa
Cervus (Rusa) timorensis (Blainville 1822)
10 specimens
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821
2 specimens
plus some tooth fragments
Mammalia - Suidae
Sus scofa
25 specimens
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Panthera tigris (Linnaeus 1758)
1 specimen
Mammalia - Pholidota - Manidae
Manis javanicus
1 specimen
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
cf. Sciurus notatus
1 specimen
Containing left lower P4 to M3
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Rattus tiomanicus
1 specimen
Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
Homo sapiens Linnaeus 1758
9 specimens
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Presbytis (Trachypithecus) sp. Eschscholtz 1821
8 specimens
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Some turtle shell fragments
Reptilia
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758
2 specimens
unclassified
Acanthion cf. brachyurus (Linnaeus 1758)
7 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Indonesia State/province:Java
Coordinates: 8.6° South, 116.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:8.6° South, 116.2° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Holocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*Period:Late/Upper Quaternary
Key time interval:Holocene
Age range of interval:0.01170 - 0.00000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: The age of the Wajak site is very poorly constrained and given as "post-Pleistocene" and "Mesolithic."
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "carbonate"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "Cave breccia"
Environment:cave
Geology comments: The original description of the lithology was very sketchy, and the site has been subsequently destroyed. The fossils were all evidently found in the same breccia.
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:This was the first attempt to describe the entire mammal fauna of the Wajak Cave. Earlier reports listed on the human remains, and some of the species (e.g. tigers).
Metadata
Database number:13738
Authorizer:W. Clyde Enterer:J. Finarelli
Modifier:J. Finarelli Research group:vertebrate
Created:2002-04-23 07:05:38 Last modified:2017-05-23 16:34:15
Access level:the public Released:2002-04-23 07:05:38
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
6145. L.M. van den Brink. 1982. On the mammal fauna of the Wajak Cave, Java (Indonesia). In: G. Bartstra, ed. Modern Quaternary Research in Southeast Asia 7:177-193 [W. Clyde/J. Finarelli/J. Alroy]