Wu River, Nantou (Miocene of Taiwan)

Where: Taiwan (24.0° N, 120.8° E: paleocoordinates 25.1° N, 119.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Houdongkeng Formation, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• Early Miocene (late Early Miocene based on figure 1). Age data are based on planktic foraminiferans and calcareous nannofossils (Huang, 2002b; Huang & Cheng, 1983; Huang & Ting, 1979).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, sideritic siliciclastic sediments

• Inner to outer shelf depths along the southern edge of a basin

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: Repository: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden (NRM)

Primary reference: J. L. Goedert, S. Kiel, and C. H. Tsai. 2022. Miocene Nautilus (Mollusca, Cephalopoda) from Taiwan, and a review of the Indo-Pacific fossil record of Nautilus. Island Arc 31(e12442) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 229824: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 29.03.2023

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Nautilidae
Nautilus taiwanus
Nautilus taiwanus Huang 2002