Kuruvita: Pleistocene, Sri Lanka
collected by Deraniyagala
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Crocodylus sinhaleyus n. sp.
Deraniyagala 1958
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| nomen nudum belonging to Crocodylia | ||||||||||
| tooth | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Sri Lanka |
| Coordinates: | 6.8° North, 80.4° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 6.4° North, 80.2° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Collectors: | Deraniyagala |
Metadata
| Database number: | 39210 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Hunter, P. Mannion | Enterer: | D. Ehrenburg, P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | ||
| Created: | 2004-05-23 19:54:06 | Last modified: | 2024-04-29 11:01:08 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-05-23 19:54:06 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 88301. | N. Chabrol, A. M. Jukar, R. Patnaik and P. D. Mannion. 2024. Osteology of Crocodylus palaeindicus from the late Miocene–Pleistocene of South Asia and the phylogenetic relationships of crocodyloids. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 22(1):2313133 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |