Hills west of Miao-li (Pliocene of Taiwan)
Where: Taiwan (24.6° N, 120.8° E: paleocoordinates 24.7° N, 120.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Byoritsu Formation, Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• uppermost Byoritsu Beds
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: I. Hayasaka. 1947. Notes on some fossil echinoids of Taiwan, III. Acta Geologica Taiwanica 1:111-128 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 72016: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 21.05.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Echinoidea | |
Echinarachnius mirabilis sand dollar | |
Astriclypeus manni sand dollar | |
Breynia testudinaria n. sp., Breynia cordata n. sp.
Breynia testudinaria n. sp. heart urchin
Breynia cordata n. sp. heart urchin |