Also known as Chochen; Tsochin
Where: Tainan, Taiwan (23.0° N, 120.4° E: paleocoordinates 23.1° N, 120.4° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)
• Villafranchian; Mutien beds
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•0.8–0.4 Ma (late Early to early Middle Pleistocene
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 76844: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 03.12.2007, edited by Philip Mannion
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Chondrichthyes | |
"Carcharias cuspidatus" = Araloselachus cuspidatus
"Carcharias cuspidatus" = Araloselachus cuspidatus Agassiz 1843 sand tiger shark | |
"Isurus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis Agassiz 1838 white shark
Carcharodon carcharias Linnaeus 1758 great white shark
Carcharodon arnoldi Jordan 1898 white shark | |
Reptilia | |
"Crocodilia indet." = Crocodylia
"Crocodilia indet." = Crocodylia Owen 1842 crocodilian | |
"Tomistoma taiwanicus n. sp." = Toyotamaphimeia taiwanicus2
"Tomistoma taiwanicus n. sp." = Toyotamaphimeia taiwanicus2 Shikama 1972 crocodilian NSMT-P-9121-9126 - type (partial skull)
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Mammalia | |
Mammuthus armeniacus1, "Elephas cf. trogontherii" = Mammuthus trogontherii, Elephas hysudricus1, "Stegodon cf. sinensis" = Elephas clifti, "Palaeoloxodon naumanii" = Elephas1, "Elephas indicus" = Elephas maximus indicus, Stegodon (Parastegodon) akashiensis1, Stegodon (Parastegodon) aurorae1
"Elephas cf. trogontherii" = Mammuthus trogontherii Pohlig 1885 mammoth
"Stegodon cf. sinensis" = Elephas clifti Falconer 1857 elephant | |
Bibos geron antelope | |
Delphinidae indet. Gray 1821 dolphin | |
Rhinoceros sp. Linnaeus 1758 one-horned rhinoceros |