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CHRONOLOGY OF FOSSILIFEROUS LOCALITIES IN MANJRA VALLEY, DISTRICT LATUR, MAHARASHTRA, INDIA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 April 2022

Vijay Sathe Open the ORCID record for Vijay Sathe [Opens in a new window] ,
Pankaj Kumar ,
Prateek Chakraborty Open the ORCID record for Prateek Chakraborty [Opens in a new window]  and
Rajveer Sharma Open the ORCID record for Rajveer Sharma [Opens in a new window]
Vijay Sathe*
Affiliation:
Deccan College Post Graduate and Research Institute, Pune411006, India
Pankaj Kumar
Affiliation:
Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Group, Inter-University Accelerator Centre, New Delhi110067, India
Prateek Chakraborty
Affiliation:
Deccan College Post Graduate and Research Institute, Pune411006, India
Rajveer Sharma
Affiliation:
Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Group, Inter-University Accelerator Centre, New Delhi110067, India
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*Corresponding author. Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

The present paper is an announcement of first absolute age dating directly on fossilized bones and teeth of the Pleistocene mammalian fauna from the Manjra valley, District Latur, Maharashtra, India. The fossilized samples were measured using the AMS facility at Inter-University Accelerator Centre, New Delhi, India. The results gave the time frame of 21,423 BP to 24,335 BP that correspond close to and the threshold of LGM and sheds important light on the palaeoecology of the area that supported diverse megafaunal species in the Upper Manjra valley. These calendar dates not only have wider significance in terms of first ever approximate chronological frame for the Pleistocene fauna in Peninsular India but also offer methodological innovations especially when the adequate bioapatite is absent in the fossilized bones and teeth from the fossil record.

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accelerator mass spectrometryLate PleistoceneManjra valleyradiocarbon datingvertebrate fossils
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Radiocarbon , Volume 64 , Issue 2 , April 2022 , pp. 357 - 375
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