Longshia-Dong Cave: Middle Pleistocene - Late Pleistocene, Taiwan
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
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 |
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 |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | unlithified muddy,sandy not reported |
| Environment: | cave |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 223323 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | Y. Cho | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2021-11-08 04:13:48 | Last modified: | 2021-11-08 04:13:48 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2021-11-08 04:13:48 |
| 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] |