Tso-chen: Middle Pleistocene, Taiwan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
? Trogecervus sp.
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Carcharias cuspidatus (Agassiz 1843)
recombined as Araloselachus cuspidatus
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus 1758)
Isurus hastalis (Agassiz 1838)
recombined as Carcharodon hastalis
Carcharodon arnoldi Jordan 1898
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinoceros sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae
Delphinidae indet. Gray 1821
1 specimen
Mammalia - Cervidae
Cervus (Sika) taiouanus
Cervus (Deperetia) kauxuesis
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bibos geron
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Stegodon (Parastegodon) akashiensis
Huang 1977
Stegodon (Parastegodon) aurorae
Huang 1977
Stegodon cf. sinensis Owen 1870
synonym of Elephas clifti
Palaeoloxodon naumanii
Huang 1977
synonym of Elephas
Elephas hysudricus Falconer and Cautley 1875
Huang 1977
subspecies paramamonteus
Elephas indicus Cuvier 1798
recombined as Elephas maximus indicus
subspecies buski
Mammuthus armeniacus
Huang 1977
subspecies taiwanicus
Elephas cf. trogontherii Pohlig 1885
recombined as Mammuthus trogontherii
Reptilia - Crocodilia
Crocodilia indet. Owen 1842
spelled with current rank as Crocodylia
Reptilia
Tomistoma taiwanicus n. sp. Shikama 1972
Shikama 1972
recombined as Toyotamaphimeia taiwanicus
NSMT-P-9121-9126 - type (partial skull)
see common names

Geography
Country:Taiwan State/province:Tainan
Coordinates: 23.0° North, 120.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:23.1° North, 120.4° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Middle Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.78100 - 0.12600 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Villafranchian; Mutien beds

0.8–0.4 Ma (late Early to early Middle Pleistocene
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Chochen; Tsochin
Database number:76844
Authorizer:M. Uhen, P. Mannion Enterer:M. Uhen, P. Mannion
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-12-03 14:37:53 Last modified:2023-07-11 11:27:13
Access level:the public Released:2007-12-03 14:37:53
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

25983. K. Ting-Pong. 1956. Summary on the fossil vertebrates in Taiwan (Formosa). Proceedings of the Eight Pacific Science Congress 2:530-535 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

85257 Y.-Y. Cho and C.-H. Tsai. 2023. Crocodylian princess in Taiwan: Revising the taxonomic status of Tomistoma taiwanicus from the Pleistocene of Taiwan and its paleobiogeographic implications. Journal of Paleontology [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
31443 T. U. Huang. 1977. Late neogene planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy of the Tainan Foothills Region, Tainan, Taiwan. Petroleum Geology of Taiwan 14:121-145 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
46553 T. Shikama. 1972. Fossil Crocodilia from Tsochin, south-western Taiwan. Science Reports of the Yokahama National University, Section II, Biological and Geological Sciences 19:125-131 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]