Watu Mbaka: Pleistocene, Indonesia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Stegodon sumbaensis
Sartono 1979
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Geography
| Country: | Indonesia | State/province: | East Nusa Tenggara | County: | Sumba |
| Coordinates: | 9.8° South, 120.3° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 9.7° South, 121.0° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
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
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified conglomeratic "limestone" |
| Secondary lithology: | gravel |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Watumbuka | ||
| Database number: | 94323 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | L. White |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-02-16 15:09:29 | Last modified: | 2022-11-16 07:32:45 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-02-16 15:09:29 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 32078. | S. Sartono. 1979. The Discovery of a Pygmy Stegodon from Sumba, East Indonesia: An Announcement. Modern quaternary research in Southeast Asia 5(1979):57-63 [M. Uhen/L. White] |