Bankura (Pleistocene to of India)

Where: West Bengal, India (23.5° N, 87.0° E: paleocoordinates 23.5° N, 87.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Babladanga Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene to Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• Babladanga Formation proper is comprised of conglomerate and silty sandstone members, overlain by a claiche paleosol that cannibalizes the upper portion of the sandstone member.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; poorly lithified, silty, calcareous sandstone and lithified conglomerate

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),

Primary reference: M.V.A. Sastry, D.C. Dassarma, and S. Biswas. 1976. Quaternary geology of Bankura District, West Bengal, India. Records of the Geological Survey of India 107:176-185 [W. Clyde/J. Finarelli/J. Alroy]more details

PaleoDB collection 13456: authorized by Will Clyde, entered by John Finarelli on 27.03.2002, edited by Hannah O'Regan

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Gavialidae
Gavialis sp. Oppel 1811 gharial
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx sp. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 softshell turtle
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Palaeoloxodon namadicus" = Elephas
"Palaeoloxodon namadicus" = Elephas elephant
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Crocuta cf. sivalensis Falconer and Cautley 1867 spotted hyaena
 Carnivora - Felidae
Panthera cf. leo Linnaeus 1758 lion
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Sus sp. Linnaeus 1758 pig
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816 gazelle
Bos sp. Linnaeus 1758 ox
Bubalus palaeindicus Falconer 1868 water buffalo
Boselaphus sp. de Blainville 1816 nilgai
Spelled as Boselephas in the original paper
 Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix sp. Linnaeus 1758 porcupine