Trinil: Middle Pleistocene, Indonesia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Mececyon trinilensis
Duboisia santeng
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Chitra selenkae n. sp. Jaekel 1911
Jaekel 1911
replaced by Chitra chitra
MB R2495.1-3 (syntypes), a scapula, a right xiphiplastron, and a clavicle
Trionyx trinilensis n. sp. Jaekel 1911
Jaekel 1911
synonym of Amyda cartilaginea
MB R.2754.1-2 (holotype), an epiplastron and entoplastron
Chitra minor n. sp. Jaekel 1911
Jaekel 1911
nomen dubium belonging to Trionychidae
MB R2496.1-2 (syntypes), a right xiphiplastron and a left hypoplastron
Reptilia - Testudines - Geoemydidae
Batagur affinis Cantor 1847
Karl et al. 2019
Reptilia - Varanidae
Varanus komodoensis Ouwens 1912
Hooijer 1972
Reptilia
Gavialis bengawanicus n. sp. Dubois 1908
Delfino and de Vos 2010
CD 1, 2 skulls; CD 2, dentary; CD 5, rostrum; CD 7, mandible; CD 8, dentary; CD 9 + 1617a, skull; CD 10 [partim], 86 teeth; CD 34b [partim], 33 teeth; CD 246 [partim], 3 jugals and 2 skull fragments; CD 1473c [partim], 162 teeth; CD 1477 [partim], 2 teeth; CD 1615 [partim], 190 teeth; CD 1616, skull table and 10 teeth; CD 1618, supraoccipital; CD 1620, dentary; CD 1621a, dentary; CD 1623, skull; CD 2655 [partim], 68 teeth; CD 6401, axis; MB R 1957.1–2, mandible; MB R 1960, skull; MB R unnumbered, 103 teeth, 1 mandibular fragment, 1 skull roof
Crocodylus ossifragus n. sp. Dubois 1908
Delfino and de Vos 2010
synonym of Crocodylus siamensis
CD 10 [partim], 5 teeth; CD 11, skull; CD 15, mandible; CD 16, dentary; CD 17, mandible; CD 18, dentary, CD 19, mandible, CD 27, dentary; CD 28, maxilla; CD 53, angular; CD 74, premaxilla; CD 1477 [partim], 33 teeth; CD 2005, tooth; CD 2184 [partim], 57 teeth; CD 2707, 22 teeth; CD 2714, mandible; CD 10111a, dentary; CD 10544, mandible; CD 1617b [partim], pterygoid and ectopterygoid; MB R 1958, mandible; MB R 1959, skull; MB R unnumbered, 10 teeth, 1 premaxilla, 1 mandibular fragment, 1 osteoderm
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Stegodon trigonocephalus Martin 1887
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Panthera tigris (Linnaeus 1758)
Prionailurus bengalensis (Kerr 1792)
Mammalia - Suidae
Sus brachygnathus Dubois 1908
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bubalus palaeokerabau Dubois 1908
Bibos palaeosondaicus
Mammalia - Cervidae
Muntiacus muntjak Rafinesque 1815
Axis lydekkeri (Martin 1888)
original and current combination Cervus lydekkeri
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinoceros sondaicus Desmarest 1822
Mammalia - Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix brachyurus
= Acanthion
Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
Homo erectus (Dubois 1892)
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Macaca fascicularis (Raffles 1822)
Hooijer 1962 6 specimens
Presbytis cristatus (Raffles 1821)
recombined as Trachypithecus cristatus
= Trachypithecus
see common names

Geography
Country:Indonesia State/province:Jawa Timur
Coordinates: 7.4° South, 111.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:7.4° South, 111.3° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
Stage:Chibanian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Middle Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.77400 - 0.12900 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:93521
Authorizer:M. Uhen, P. Mannion, E. Vlachos Enterer:M. Uhen, E. Vlachos, P. Mannion
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2010-01-20 11:31:42 Last modified:2020-07-29 15:50:54
Access level:the public Released:2010-01-20 11:31:42
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

31625. 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]

Secondary references:

46603 M. Delfino and J. de Vos. 2010. A revision of the Dubois crocodylians, Gavialis bengawanicus and Crocodylus ossifragus, from the Pleistocene Homo erectus beds of Java. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(2):427-441 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
48064 D. A. Hooijer. 1962. Quaternary langurs and macaques from the Malay Archipelago. Zoologische Verhandelingen Uitgegeven door het Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie te Leiden 55:1-64 [M. Uhen/K. Saraira/M. Uhen]
73246 D. A. Hooijer. 1972. Varanus (Reptilia, Sauria) from the Pleistocene of Timor. Zoologische Mededelingen 47(34):445-448 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
64266 O. Jaekel. 1911. Die fossilen Schildkröten von Trinil. In M.L. Selenka, M. Blanckenhorn (eds.), Die Pithecanthropus-Schichten auf Java 75-81 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]
71427 H.-V. Karl, A. Safi, and H.-D. Philippen. 2019. Evidences of cheloniophagy by early hominid (Homo erectus) during middle of pleistocene from beds of trinil’s layers in central Java (Indonesia), with an updated list of trinil’s testudines, and a redescription of Duboisemys isoclina (Dubois, 1908). International Journal of Zoology Studies 4(6):73-84 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]
73218 G. D. van den Bergh, J. de Vos, and P. H. Sondzar. 2001. The Late Quaternary palaeogeography of mammal evolution in the Indonesian Archipelago. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 171:385-408 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]