Syatin, Tainan (Neogene of Taiwan)

Where: N/A, Taiwan (23.0° N, 120.2° E: paleocoordinates 23.6° N, 119.0° E)

When: Neogene (23.0 - 2.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: delta front; poorly lithified, argillaceous sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

• antler

Preservation: original phosphate, bone collector

Primary reference: T. Shikama. 1937. Fossil Cervifauna Of Syatin Near Tainan, Southwestern Taiwan (Formosa). The Science Reports of the Tohoku Imperial University, Sendai, Japan. Second Series, Geology 19(1):75-85 [A. Lin/A. Lin/A. Lin]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 208234: authorized by Alex Lin, entered by Alex Lin on 25.03.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Capreolus sp. Gray 1821 roe
genus?
Capreolus formosanus Shikama 1937 roe
genus?
Cervus sp. Linnaeus 1758 deer
Cervus (Deperetia) kokubuni Shikama 1937 deer
Cervus (Sika) taevanus deer
species?
Cerves (Sika) sp. Sclater 1870 deer
subgenus?
Cervus (Sika) sintikuensis Shikama 1937 deer
"Cervus (Rusa) timoriensis" = Rusa deer
species?