Where: Taiwan (24.4° N, 120.7° E: paleocoordinates 24.5° N, 120.3° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Toukoushan Formation, Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• Chang and Cheng 1998 identify this collection as Pleistocene; Tsai et al 2013 as Piacenzian
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 153831: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 16.01.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Pseudorca yuanliensis n. sp.
Pseudorca yuanliensis n. sp. Chang and Cheng 1998 false killer whale |