Title: Fossil Proboscidea from the Malay Archipelago and the Punjab
Abstract: CONTENTS
Introduction 1
Fossil Proboscidea and the stratigraphy of the Pleistocene in Southeastern Asia. 3 Order Proboscidea 9
Suborder Elephantoidea 9
Family Elephantidae 9
Subfamily Stegodontinae 9
Stegolophodon stegodontoidesPilgrim)......... 9
Stegodon insignis (Falconer et Cautley)........ 13
Stegodon trigonocephalus Martin......... 17
Stegodon hypsilophus Hooijer 86
Subfamily Elephantinae 89
Archidiskodon celebensis Hooijer......... 89
Archidiskodon planifrons (Falconer et Cautley)...... 92
Stegoloxodon indonesicus Kretzoi species inquirenda..... 104
Elephas hysudricus Falconer et Cautley........ 107
Elephas hysudrindicus Dubois 110
Elephas maximus Linnaeus 132
Literature cited 138
Explanation of the plates 14З
INTRODUCTION
The fossil Proboscidea from Java that form the main subject of the present paper were brought together during the closing decade of the last century by Eug. Dubois and his assistants in search of Pithecanthropus.
Fossil proboscideans had long been known to occur in the island ; as a matter
Publication Year: 1955
Publication Date: 1955-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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