T'ung Hsiao, bed 2: Early/Lower Pleistocene, Taiwan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium byorituensis
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Natica alapapilionis
Chemntiz 1781
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Mitridae
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Mitra yokoyamai
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Terebridae
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Terebra triseriata
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Terebra orthocostulata
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Asprella insculpta
(Kiener 1847)
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| recombined as Conasprella (Fusiconus) insculpta | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Lophiotoma leucotropis
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Anadara tricenicosta
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Ventricoloidea foveolata
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| spelled with current rank as Venus (Ventricoloidea) | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia granulicostata
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| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Taiwan |
| Coordinates: | 24.5° North, 120.7° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 24.6° North, 120.5° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58000 - 0.77400 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Miaoli | Formation: | Toukoshan | Member: | Wumeikeng |
| Local section: | T'ung Hsiao | Local bed: | 2 | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Lithology description: fine-grained sandstone, 2 m thick | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 96253 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-05-31 05:02:42 | Last modified: | 2010-05-31 08:02:42 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-05-31 05:02:42 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 32679. | T. Kotaka. 1973. Faunal analysis of the Upper Miaoli Group in the Tunghsiao area, Miaoli Province, Formosa, China. The Science Reports of the Tohoku University, Serie 2 Geology, Special Volume 6:81-96 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |