PBDB Collection

Tantzu (Pliocene to of Taiwan)

Where: Taiwan (22.0° N, 120.8° E: paleocoordinates 22.1° N, 120.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Maanshan Formation, Pliocene to Pliocene (5.3 - 0.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep-water; poorly lithified mudstone and poorly lithified siltstone

• deep water 300-500 m, maybe submarine canyon

• dark-grey semi-consolidated mudstone to siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: C. H. Hu. 1987. Unusual fossil corals from Hengchun Peninsula, southern Taiwan. Memoir of the Geological Society of China 8:31-48 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 89259: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 13.05.2009, edited by Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae	Balanophyllia formosana n. sp., "Heteropsammia michelini" = Heteropsammia cochlea Balanophyllia formosana n. sp. Hu 1987 stony coral "Heteropsammia michelini" = Heteropsammia cochlea Spengler 1781 stony coral var. formosus
Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae	Lophelia tenui, "Ceratotrochus (Conotrochus) typus" = Conotrochus, Deltocyathus (Deltocyathus) taiwanicus n. sp., "Heterocyathus elongatus n. sp." = Heterocyathus aequicostatus, Caryophyllia (Premocyathus) ceratoconus n. sp., Stephanocyathus (Odontocyathus) spiniger, Goniocorella glanulosa n. sp. Lophelia tenui stony coral "Ceratotrochus (Conotrochus) typus" = Conotrochus stony coral n. subsp. formosus Deltocyathus (Deltocyathus) taiwanicus n. sp. Hu 1987 stony coral "Heterocyathus elongatus n. sp." = Heterocyathus aequicostatus Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral Caryophyllia (Premocyathus) ceratoconus n. sp. Hu 1987 stony coral Stephanocyathus (Odontocyathus) spiniger Marenzeller 1888 stony coral Goniocorella glanulosa n. sp. Hu 1987 stony coral
Scleractinia - Flabellidae	Flabellum sp., Flabellum elongatum n. sp., Flabellum circulum n. sp., Flabellum transversale Flabellum sp. Lesson 1831 stony coral Flabellum elongatum n. sp. Hu 1987 stony coral Flabellum circulum n. sp. Hu 1987 stony coral Flabellum transversale Moseley 1881 stony coral
Scleractinia - Micrabaciidae	Stephanophyllia hexaflora n. sp. Stephanophyllia hexaflora n. sp. Hu 1987 stony coral
Scleractinia - Fungiidae	Fungia palella Fungia palella stony coral subsp. bernensis
Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae	Palauastrea sp. Palauastrea sp. Yabe and Sugiyama 1941 stony coral
Rhynchonellata
Terebratulida - Cancellothyrididae	Terebratulina iduensis Terebratulina iduensis Hatai 1936
Terebratulida - Dallinidae	Campages furcifera Campages furcifera Hedley 1905
Terebratulida - Terebrataliidae	Terebratalia coreanica Terebratalia coreanica Adams and Reeve 1850