Kaohsiung, SW Taiwan (Pleistocene of Taiwan)

Also known as Reef 3269

Where: Taiwan (22.6° N, 120.3° E: paleocoordinates 22.7° N, 120.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Gutingkeng Formation, Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks

• algal-coral boundstones

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: S. Y. Gong, S. W. Wang, and T. Y. Lee. 1998. Pleistocene coral reefs associated with claystones, Southwestern Taiwan. Coral Reefs 17:215-222 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 71151: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 20.04.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
Bryozoa
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Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Favites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
Florideophyceae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Corallinaceae indet. Lamouroux 1816
Foraminifera
 Rotaliacea - Calcarinidae
 Asterigerinacea - Amphisteginidae
Amphistegina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
 Acervulinacea - Homotrematidae
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