T'ung Hsiao, bed 25 (Pleistocene of Taiwan)

Where: Taiwan (24.5° N, 120.7° E: paleocoordinates 24.6° N, 120.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Nanwo Member (Toukoshan Formation), Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; siltstone

• 2 m thick

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. Kotaka. 1973. Faunal analysis of the Upper Miaoli Group in the Tunghsiao area, Miaoli Province, Formosa, China. The Science Reports of the Tohoku University, Serie 2 Geology, Special Volume 6:81-96 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 96276: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 31.05.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Calyptraea chinensis Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella filiola turret shell
 Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
"Mitra flammea" = Mitra (Cancilla) flammea
"Mitra flammea" = Mitra (Cancilla) flammea Quoy 1832 mitre shell
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva mustellina olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Cantharus luliana Martin 1884 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
"Hemifusus ternatanus" = Volema (Hemifusus) ternatanus
"Hemifusus ternatanus" = Volema (Hemifusus) ternatanus Gmelin 1791 snail
 Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
"Conus djarianensis" = Conus (Lithoconus) djarianensis
"Conus djarianensis" = Conus (Lithoconus) djarianensis Martin 1895 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
 Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Tonnidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Bursidae
"Bursa rana" = Bufonaria (Bufonaria) rana Linnaeus 1758 frog shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Mammilla mammata Röding 1798 moon snail
Natica alapapilionis Chemntiz 1781 moon snail
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica perspectiva Linnaeus 1767 sundial
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea granulosa Jonas 1846 clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Chlamys squamata" = Chlamys (Azumapecten) squamata Gmelin 1791 scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Corbula scaphoides" = Aloidis scaphoides
"Corbula scaphoides" = Aloidis scaphoides Hinds 1843 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Placamen tiara Dillwyn 1817 venus clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
"Crassatellites adamsii" = Crassatella
"Crassatellites adamsii" = Crassatella clam