T'ung Hsiao, bed 19: Early/Lower Pleistocene, Taiwan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Umbonium costatum
Umbonium moniliferum
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius sequijocensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
Turricula byorituensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Asprella aculeiformis (Reeve 1844)
recombined as Conasprella (Fusiconus) aculeiformis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Murex tribulus
Gastropoda - Bursidae
Bursa rana (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Bufonaria (Bufonaria) rana
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara andoi
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea granulosa Jonas 1846
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Placamen tiara Dillwyn 1817
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia granulicostata
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium byorituensis
Dentalium hexagonum Gould 1859
recombined as Paradentalium hexagonum
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:2.58800 - 0.78100 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Miaoli Formation:Toukoshan Member:Nanwo
Local section:T'ung Hsiao Local bed:19
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
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:96270
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2010-05-31 05:26:39 Last modified:2010-05-31 08:26:39
Access level:the public Released:2010-05-31 05:26:39
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]