Houlong: Pleistocene, Taiwan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Delphinidae
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Delphinidae indet.
Gray 1821
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Balaenopteridae
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? Balaenopteridae indet.
Gray 1864
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Tsai et al. 2013 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Geography
| Country: | Taiwan | County: | Miaoli |
| Coordinates: | 24.6° North, 120.8° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 24.7° North, 120.7° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Tunghsiao |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
| Geology comments: shallow-water | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Houloung | ||
| Database number: | 153826 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | B. Shipps | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2014-01-16 10:19:47 | Last modified: | 2017-02-26 16:42:37 |
| Access level: | database members | Released: | 2014-04-16 10:19:47 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 49894. | K. Tan. 1937. Notes on the remains of fossil Delphinidae from two different localities in Taiwan. Taiwan tigaku kizi 8:92-95 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 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] |