T'ung Hsiao, bed 7 (Pleistocene of Taiwan)

Where: Taiwan (24.5° N, 120.7° E: paleocoordinates 24.6° N, 120.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Wumeikeng Member (Toukoshan Formation), Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; sandy siltstone

• sandy siltstone, 20 m thick

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. Kotaka. 1973. Faunal analysis of the Upper Miaoli Group in the Tunghsiao area, Miaoli Province, Formosa, China. The Science Reports of the Tohoku University, Serie 2 Geology, Special Volume 6:81-96 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 96258: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 31.05.2010

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Chlamys squamata" = Chlamys (Azumapecten) squamata Gmelin 1791 scallop
 Arcida - Arcidae
 Carditida - Carditidae
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Dosinia gruneri venus clam
Placamen tiara Dillwyn 1817 venus clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Corbula scaphoides" = Aloidis scaphoides
"Corbula scaphoides" = Aloidis scaphoides Hinds 1843 clam
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
"Dentalium hexagonum" = Paradentalium hexagonum
"Dentalium hexagonum" = Paradentalium hexagonum Gould 1859 tusk shell
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Rapana thomasiana murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
 Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
"Asprella aculeiformis" = Conasprella (Fusiconus) aculeiformis
"Asprella aculeiformis" = Conasprella (Fusiconus) aculeiformis Reeve 1844 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebra cumingii auger snail
Terebra evoluta auger snail
Terebra torquata auger snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Natica rufa moon snail
Natica alapapilionis Chemntiz 1781 moon snail
Eunaticina papilla Gmelin 1791 moon snail
 Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella filiola turret shell