Chungliao Fm., TK-6 (Eocene to of Taiwan)

Where: N/A, Taiwan (24.0° N, 120.7° E: paleocoordinates 27.4° N, 117.5° E)

When: Chungliao Formation, Early/Lower Eocene to Early/Lower Eocene (55.8 - 37.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; lithified siltstone

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original calcite

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: C.-Y. Huang, L. Shao, M.-H. Wang, W.-G. Xue, P.-J. Qiao, Y.-C. Cui, and Y.-L. Hou. 2019. Benthic foraminiferal fauna and sedimen provenance of Eocene syn-rift sequences in Taiwan: implication for onset of Asian epi-continental marginal seas off China coast. Marine Geophysical Research 40(2):111-127 [A. Lin/A. Lin/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 208360: authorized by Alex Lin, entered by Alex Lin on 31.03.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Deuteropoda
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Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
Foraminifera
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"Marginulina ashiyaensis" = Cristellaria (Marginulina), "Marginulina hantkeneni" = Cristellaria (Marginulina)
"Marginulina ashiyaensis" = Cristellaria (Marginulina)
"Marginulina hantkeneni" = Cristellaria (Marginulina)
cf. sp.
 Ammodiscoidea - Saccamminidae
Saccammina sphaerica Huang et al. 2019
 Astrorhizacea - Bathysiphonidae
Bathysiphon eocenicus Huang et al. 2019
 Lituolacea - Ataxophragmiidae
 Discorbacea - Bagginidae
 Chilostomellacea - Heterolepidae
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Gaudryina sp. d'Orbigny 1839
Gaudryina hayasakai Huang et al. 2019
 Lituolida - Haplophragmoididae
Haplophragmoides spp. Cushman 1910
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Discorbidae
Hanzawaia asterizana Huang et al. 2019
Nodosariata
 Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
Lenticulina spp. Lamarck 1804
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Hauerinidae