Longshia-Dong Cave: Middle Pleistocene - Late Pleistocene, Taiwan
collected 2014
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Panthera pardus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| NMNS-F056584, NMNS-F056585, NMNS-F056586 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Muntiacus sp.
Rafinesque 1815
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Kawamura et al. 2016 | |||||||||
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Cervus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Kawamura et al. 2016 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Cercopithecidae
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Macaca cf. cyclopis
(Swinhoe 1863)
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Kawamura et al. 2016 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Hystricidae
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Hystrix sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Kawamura et al. 2016 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Microtus sp.
Schrank 1798
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Kawamura et al. 2016 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Niviventer sp.
Marschall 1976
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Kawamura et al. 2016 | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Taiwan | County: | Pingtung |
| Coordinates: | 22.0° North, 120.8° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 22.0° North, 120.8° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Chibanian - Late Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Middle Pleistocene - Late Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.774 - 0.0117 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 500 Ka (RASC) to 12 Ka (14C) |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Hengchun Limestone |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified calcareous "reef rocks" |
| Secondary lithology: | red unlithified muddy,sandy sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "Since the Late Pleistocene, the Hengchun Peninsula was uplifted at a rate of 26 mm/yr (Chen et al., 2005) and thus gave rise to the development of coral reef and limestone (Hengchun Limestone)." "Most of the limestone in the cave is covered by a layer of reddish sediment composed of limestone pebbles and fossils, though the boundary between the reddish sediment and Hengchun Limestone is unclear. A flow stone made of carbonate calcite was found 7 m away from the cave entry, and the fossil-bearing sediments are found behind it. The fossil-bearing sediments are characterized by a mixture of reddish sand and mud, as well as limestone pebbles, which shows a great similarity to the Eluanbi Bed." | |
| Environment: | cave |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | species names |
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | Collection dates: | 2014 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Lobster Cave | ||
| Database number: | 223322 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | Y. Cho |
| Modifier: | Y. Cho | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2021-11-08 04:13:47 | Last modified: | 2021-11-14 21:24:44 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2021-11-08 04:13:47 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 78534. | T.-C. Chi, Y. Gan, T.-R. Yang and C.-H. Chang. 2021. First report of leopard fossils from a limestone cave in Kenting area, southern Taiwan. PeerJ 9:e12020:1-24 [P. Mannion/Y. Cho/Y. Cho] |
Secondary references:
| 78609 | A. Kawamura, C.-H. Chang, and Y. Kawamura. 2016. Middle Pleistocene to Holocene mammal faunas of the Ryukyu Islands and Taiwan: An updated review incorporating results of recent research. Quaternary International 397:117-135 [P. Mannion/Y. Cho/Y. Cho] |