The Kabuh Formation is a Plio-Pleistocene geologic formation from Central Java, consisting of several unnamed members belonging to the Kendeng Group.[1] Many of the fossils discovered from Sambungmacan belonging to this group were discovered in an accumulated sediment deposit in a flood-controlling canal near the Solo River, including a series of hominin crania that are similar in anatomy and geologically younger than the Ngandong hominins upstream. This area was excavated throughout the 1970s.[2][3][4][5][6]

Kabuh Formation
Stratigraphic range: ZancleanChibanian
~5.333–0.126 Ma
TypeGeological formation
Unit ofKendeng Group
Lithology
PrimarySandstone, mudstone
Location
Coordinates7°30′S 110°00′E / 7.5°S 110.0°E / -7.5; 110.0
Approximate paleocoordinates7°36′S 110°24′E / 7.6°S 110.4°E / -7.6; 110.4
RegionJava
CountryIndonesia

Fauna

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Gastropoda

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Genus Species Group Material Notes
Calyptraea (Bicatillus)[1] morbidum Kendeng
Cerithium[1] bioekense
Cerithidea (Cerithideopsilla)[1] cf. microptera
cheribonensis
jenkinsi

Reptilia

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Genus Species Location Material Notes
Orlitia[1] borneensis Sambungmacan Right first costal, isolate[7] Geoemydid turtle

Mammalia

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Genus Species Location Material Notes Images
Homo[2][3][4] erectus Sambungmacan A tibial shaft and three crania Late-stage Indonesian hominins  
erectus newyorkensis[8] Not accepted[9]
Bovidae[5][6] indet. A tooth Discovered circa 1973 excavations

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Kabuh Formation at paleobiodb.org
  2. ^ a b Kaifu, Yousuke; Baba, Hisao; Aziz, Fachroel (2006). "Indonesian Homo erectus and Modern Human Origins in Australasia: New Evidence from the Sambungmacan Region, Central Java" (PDF). Proceedings of the 7th and 8th Symposia on Collection Building and Natural History Studies in Asia and the Pacific Rim. 34: 289–294.
  3. ^ a b Márquez, Samuel; Mowbray, Kenneth; Sawyer, G J; Jacob, Teuku; Silvers, Adam (2001-04-01). "New fossil hominid calvaria from Indonesia-Sambungmacan 3: SM 3 Calvaria". The Anatomical Record. 262 (4): 344–368. doi:10.1002/ar.1046.
  4. ^ a b Baba, Hisao; Aziz, Fachroel; Kaifu, Yousuke; Suwa, Gen; Kono, Reiko T.; Jacob, Teuku (2003-02-28). "Homo erectus Calvarium from the Pleistocene of Java". Science. 299 (5611): 1384–1388. doi:10.1126/science.1081676. ISSN 0036-8075.
  5. ^ a b Swisher, C. C.; Rink, W. J.; Antón, S. C.; Schwarcz, H. P.; Curtis, G. H.; Suprijo, A.; Widiasmoro (1996-12-13). "Latest Homo erectus of Java: Potential Contemporaneity with Homo sapiens in Southeast Asia". Science. 274 (5294): 1870–1874. doi:10.1126/science.274.5294.1870. ISSN 0036-8075.
  6. ^ a b "Homo erectus of Java: Potential Contemporaneity with Homo sapiens in Southeast Asia". experts.mcmaster.ca. Retrieved 2023-08-09.
  7. ^ Setiyabudi, Erick; Takahashi, Akio; Kaifu, Yosuke (2016). "First Certain Fossil Record of Orlitia borneensis (Testudines: Geoemydidae) from the Pleistocene of Central Java, Indonesia". Current Herpetology. 35 (2): 75–82. doi:10.5358/hsj.35.75. ISSN 1345-5834.
  8. ^ Laitman, Jeffrey T.; Tattersall, Ian (2001). "Homo erectus newyorkensis: An Indonesian fossil rediscovered in Manhattan sheds light on the middle phase of human evolution". The Anatomical Record. 262 (4): 341. ISSN 0003-276X.
  9. ^ "Homo erectus newyorkensis Laitman and Tattersall, 2001". Paleo Core.