Where: Taiwan (22.6° N, 120.3° E: paleocoordinates 22.7° N, 120.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: "Riukiu Limestone" Formation, Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)
• Pliocene?-Pleistocene
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: S. Nomura. 1933. Catalogue of the Tertiary and Quaternary Mollusca from the Island of Taiwan (Formosa) in the Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Tohoku Imperial University, Sendai, Japan, Part 1: Pelecypoda. The Science Reports of the Tohoku University, serie 2 16:1-108 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 96336: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 02.06.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Ostrea folium" = Dendostrea folium
"Ostrea folium" = Dendostrea folium Linnaeus 1758 foliate oyster | |
Lima lima Linnaeus 1758 file clam | |
Pecten (Pecten) aurantiacus Roding 1798 scallop | |
"Crassatellites loebbeckei" = Crassatella
"Crassatellites loebbeckei" = Crassatella clam | |
Brechites sp. Guettard 1770 watering pot shell | |
"Cardium (Laevicardium) biradiatum" = Laevicardium biradiatum, Cardium (Trachicardium) hanpeizanense n. sp.
"Cardium (Laevicardium) biradiatum" = Laevicardium biradiatum Bruguière 1789 cockle
Cardium (Trachicardium) hanpeizanense n. sp. cockle | |
Chama sp., "Chama iostoma" = Chama limbula
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel box
"Chama iostoma" = Chama limbula Lamarck 1819 jewel box | |
"Venus (Antigona) reticulata" = Periglypta reticulata, "Venus (Antigona) puerpera" = Periglypta puerpera, "Venus (Chione) taiwanensis n. sp." = Chione, "Venus (Chione) sp." = Chione, Venus (Venus) toreuma, "Venus (Antigona) lamellaris" = Antigona, Pitar crocea, Pitar subpellucida, Gafrarium (Circe) scriptum
"Venus (Antigona) reticulata" = Periglypta reticulata Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
"Venus (Antigona) puerpera" = Periglypta puerpera Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
"Venus (Chione) taiwanensis n. sp." = Chione venus clam
"Venus (Chione) sp." = Chione von Mühlfield 1811 venus clam
Venus (Venus) toreuma venus clam
"Venus (Antigona) lamellaris" = Antigona venus clam
Pitar crocea venus clam
Pitar subpellucida venus clam
Gafrarium (Circe) scriptum venus clam | |
"Taras millepustulata n. sp." = Diplodonta
"Taras millepustulata n. sp." = Diplodonta clam | |
Codakia exasperata Reeve 1854 clam |