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