Bazhang River (Pleistocene of Taiwan)

Also known as Niubu

Where: Chiayi, Taiwan (23.5° N, 120.3° E: paleocoordinates 23.6° N, 120.1° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Liuchungchi Formation, Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shoreface; gray, muddy siltstone and shale

• light gray muddy siltstone intercalated with dark gray shale or sandy shale

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S.-M. Wu, T. H. Worthy, C.-K. Chuang and C.-H. Lin. 2023. New Pleistocene bird fossils in Taiwan reveal unexpected seabirds in East Asia. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 68 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 232679: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 20.12.2023

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Aves
 Gaviiformes - Gaviidae
Gavia sp. Forster 1788 loon
Gavia stellata Pontoppidan 1763 Red-throated loon