Where: Taiwan (24.5° N, 120.7° E: paleocoordinates 24.6° N, 120.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Wumeikeng Member (Toukoshan Formation), Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; sandy siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 96259: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 31.05.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Cucullaea granulosa Jonas 1846 clam | |
Glycymeris formosana clam | |
Pecten naganumanus scallop | |
"Ventricoloidea foveolata" = Venus (Ventricoloidea), Placamen tiara
"Ventricoloidea foveolata" = Venus (Ventricoloidea) venus clam
Placamen tiara Dillwyn 1817 venus clam | |
"Crassatellites adamsii" = Crassatella
"Crassatellites adamsii" = Crassatella clam | |
Scaphopoda | |
"Dentalium hexagonum" = Paradentalium hexagonum
"Dentalium hexagonum" = Paradentalium hexagonum Gould 1859 tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
Polinices columnaris moon snail
Natica alapapilionis Chemntiz 1781 moon snail | |
Nassarius sequijocensis snail | |
Murex tribulus murex snail | |
Clathrodrillia jefreysii snail | |
Clavatula taiwanensis snail | |
Lophiotoma leucotropis turrid
Lophiotoma marmorata turrid | |
Mitra yokoyamai, "Mitra flammea" = Mitra (Cancilla) flammea
Mitra yokoyamai mitre shell
"Mitra flammea" = Mitra (Cancilla) flammea Quoy 1832 mitre shell | |
Vexillum lirocostata ribbed mitre | |
Olivella spretoides olive snail | |
Canarium taiwanense true conch | |
"Bursa rana" = Bufonaria (Bufonaria) rana
"Bursa rana" = Bufonaria (Bufonaria) rana Linnaeus 1758 frog shell | |
Turritella filiola turret shell | |