Aruwakkalu Hill: Langhian, Sri Lanka
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Placunidae
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Placuna sp.
Lightfoot 1786
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Chlamys sp.
Röding 1798
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellina sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Sirenia
- Dugongidae
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Miodugong brevicranius n. gen., n. sp.
Deraniyagala 1969
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Deraniyagala 1969 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Miotursiops mulla n. gen., n. sp.
Deraniyagala 1969
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Deraniyagala 1969 | |||||||||
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= Cetacea indet.
Brisson 1762
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Uhen 2500 | |||||||||
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Mioceta bigelowi n. gen., n. sp.
Deraniyagala 1967
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Deraniyagala 1969 | |||||||||
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= Cetacea indet.
Brisson 1762
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Uhen 2500 | |||||||||
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Mioceta magna n. sp.
Deraniyagala 1969
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Deraniyagala 1969 | |||||||||
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= Cetacea indet.
Brisson 1762
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Uhen 2500 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
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Testudinata indet.
(Oppel 1811)
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| "thecophoran turtle" | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Miotestudo ibba
Deraniyagala 1967
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Geoemydidae
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Geoemyda striata n. sp.
Deraniyagala 1969
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Cheloniidae
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Miocaretta lankae
Deraniyagala 1967
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Deraniyagala 1969 | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Spariformes
- Sparidae
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Chrysophrys miolankae n. sp.
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Deraniyagala 1969 | |||||||||
| corrected as Otolithus (Chrysophris) | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Tetraodontiformes
- Diodontidae
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Diodon sinhaleyus
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Deraniyagala 1969 | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Labriformes
- Scaridae
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Scarus sp.
Gronovius 1763
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Deraniyagala 1969 | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Labriformes
- Labridae
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Labrodon sinhaleyus
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Deraniyagala 1969 | |||||||||
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Labrodon angustidentatus n. sp.
Deraniyagala 1969
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Chondrichthyes
- Odontaspidida
- Isuridae
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Galeolamna brachyura
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Deraniyagala 1969 | |||||||||
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Galeolamna minor
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Deraniyagala 1969 | |||||||||
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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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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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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Dasyatidae
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Trygon sinhaleyus n. sp.
Deraniyagala 1969
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Lamnidae
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Isurus glaucus
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Deraniyagala 1969 | |||||||||
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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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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Galeocerdidae
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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
- Hybodontiformes
- Hybodontidae
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Miosynechodus mora n. gen., n. sp.
Deraniyagala 1969
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Deraniyagala 1969 | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Sri Lanka | State/province: | Puttalam |
| Coordinates: | 8.3° North, 79.8° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 2.5° North, 77.1° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Langhian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| *Period: | Late/Upper Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Langhian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 15.98000 - 13.82000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Jaffna Limestone | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "Malu deposit" |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified calcareous sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | species names |
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 14149 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Clyde, M. Uhen | Enterer: | J. Finarelli, M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-05-16 11:48:12 | Last modified: | 2021-01-05 11:56:57 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-05-16 11:48:12 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 6256. | 5% 48800 | P.E.P. Deraniyagala. 1937. Some Miocene and upper Siwalik [lower Pleistocene] vertebrates from Ceylon. Spolia zeylanica 20:191-198 [W. Clyde/J. Finarelli/J. Alroy] |
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] | |
| 15040 | P. E. P. Deraniyagala. 1969. A Miocene vertebrate faunule from the Malu member of Ceylon. Spolia Zeylanica 31(II):1-17 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 75077 | M. Reuter, M. Harhauser, and W. E. Piller. 2021. The role of sea-level and climate changes in the assembly of Sri Lankan biodiversity: A perspective from the Miocene Jaffna Limestone. Gondwana Research 91:152-165 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/P. Wagner] |