Sompe (Pleistocene of Indonesia)

Also known as Sompoh, Sompo; near Tjabenge; Celebes

Where: Sulawesi, Indonesia (4.3° S, 120.0° E: paleocoordinates 4.2° S, 120.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by H. R. van Heekeren

Primary reference: D. A. Hooijer. 1948. Pleistocene vertebrates from Celebes: III, Anoa depressicornis (Smith) subsp., and Babyrousa babyrussa beruensis nov. subsp. Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen 51:1322-1330 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 93697: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 28.01.2010, edited by Philip Mannion and Evangelos Vlachos

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Babyrousa babyrussa Linnaeus 1758 babirusa
subspecies beruensis
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
"Anoa depressicornis" = Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis
"Anoa depressicornis" = Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis Smith 1827 water buffalo
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo margae1 Hooijer 1948 turtle
scapula and several shell fragments
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
Crocodylus sp.2 Laurenti 1768 crocodile