Penghu Channel: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Taiwan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionyx liupani n. sp.
Tao 1986
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Tao 1986 | |||||||||
| synonym of Rafetus swinhoei | ||||||||||
| Private collection in Tainan, Taiwan (syntype), a nearly complete cranium (Tao 1986, text figs. 1, 3, 5, 7 and figs. 2, 4, 6, 9); private collection in Chia-Yi, Taiwan (syntype), a hyohypoplastron (Tao 1986, text fig. 9 and figs. 8, 10–12). | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Alligatoridae
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Alligator sinensis
Fauvel 1879
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Shan et al. 2013 | |||||||||
| NMNS006394-F051722 (nearly complete skull occluded with the mandible) | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Ursus arctos
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Nyctereutes procyonoides
(Gray 1834)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Panthera tigris
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Hyaenidae
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Crocuta ultima
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Palaeoloxodon sp.
Matsumoto 1924
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| synonym of Elephas | ||||||||||
| originally entered as "Paleoloxodon sp." | ||||||||||
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Palaeoloxodon naumanni
Makiyama 1924
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Tsai et al. 2012 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Ungulata
- Bovidae
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Bubalus teilhardi
Young 1932
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Bubalus youngi
Chow and Hsu 1957
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Mammalia
- Ungulata
- Cervidae
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Cervus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Elaphurus menzierianus
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Tsai et al. 2012 | |||||||||
| synonym of Cervus | ||||||||||
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Elaphurus davidianus
Milne Edwards 1866
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Balaenopteridae
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Balaenopteridae indet.
Gray 1864
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Chang and Cheng 1998 | |||||||||
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Megaptera novaeangliae
(Brisson 1762)
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Chang and Cheng 1998 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Balaenidae
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Balaenidae indet.
(Gray 1821)
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Tsai et al. 2012 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| original and current combination Balanadae | ||||||||||
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Eubalaena sp.
Gray 1864
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Tsai and Chang 2019 | |||||||||
| NTUM-VP 190807 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Eschrichtiidae
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Eschrichtiidae indet.
Ellerman and Morrisson-Scott 1951
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Tsai et al. 2011 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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= Eschrichtius sp.
Gray 1864
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Tsai et al. 2014 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Delphinidae
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Globicephala macrorhynchus
(Gray 1846)
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1 individual | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Taiwan |
| Coordinates: | 23.0° North, 120.0° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 23.0° North, 120.0° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Altitude: | -60 |
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.12600 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marginal marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collection method comments: dredged from the sea floor by fishermen | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Between Penghu Island and Taiwan | ||
| Database number: | 73686 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen, E. Vlachos, P. Mannion | Enterer: | M. Uhen, E. Vlachos, P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-06-25 12:07:20 | Last modified: | 2014-04-23 16:15:11 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-06-25 12:07:20 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 24700. | C.-H. Chang. 1996. The first fossil record of a short-finned pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus) from the Penghu Channel. Bulletin of the National Museum of Science (Taichung) 8:73-80 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 49904 | C. H. Chang and Y. N. Cheng. 1998. Extraordinary fossil records of Cetacea from Pleistocene in Taiwan. In H. Otsuka and K. D. Rigakubu (eds.), The Ryukyu Islands: The arena of adaptive radiation and extinction of island fauna. Kagoshima University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences 85 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 50143 | H.-Y. Shan, Y.-N. Cheng, and X.-C. Wu. 2013. The first fossil skull of Alligator sinensis from the Pleistocene, Taiwan, with a paleogeographic implication of the species. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 69:17-25 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
| 64300 | H. Tao. 1986. Report of a new fossil soft-shelled turtle, Trionyx liupani from Taiwan, with comparative study to the living species, Trionyx sinensis(Wiegmann). Journal of the Taiwan Museum 39:21-41 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] | |
| 49853 | C. H. Tsai, C. H. Chang, and L. K. Lin. 2011. Morphology and phylogenetic relationships of gray whale-‐like fossils from Taiwan. Chinese Bioscience 53:41 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 49854 | C. H. Tsai, C. H. Chang, and L. K. Lin. 2012. Occurrence of fossil balaenids in Taiwan and its implications for climate change. Chinese Bioscience 54:60 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 49844 | C. H. Tsai, R. E. Fordyce, C. H. Chang and L. K. Lin. 2013. A Review and Status of Fossil Cetacean Research in Taiwan. Taiwan Journal of Biodiversity 15(2):113-124 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 71318 | C.-H. Tsai and C.-H. Chang. 2019. A right whale (Mysticeti, Balaenidae) from the Pleistocene of Taiwan. Zoological Letters 5(37) [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 50861 | C.-H. Tsai, R. E. Fordyce, C.-H. Chang and L.-K. Lin. 2014. Quaternary fossil gray whales from Taiwan. Paleontological Research 18(2):82-93 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |