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1 Geological Survey of India, IN
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Journal of Geological Society of India (Online archive from Vol 1 to Vol 78), Vol 17, No 3 (1976), Pagination: 386-391
Abstract
The note records the occurrence of fossil lion, Panthera cf. leo, and spotted hyena, Crocuta cf. sivalensis, in the Pleistocene alluvial deposits near Susunia in Bankura district West Bengal. This is the first definite record of fossil lion from India, and that of C. cf. sivalensis from any Pleistocene deposit in Peninsular India. The fossils are described and their distribution is briefly discussed,