Where: Taiwan (24.4° N, 120.7° E: paleocoordinates 24.5° N, 120.3° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Toukoushan Formation, Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• Chang and Cheng 1998 identify this collection as Pleistocene; Tsai et al 2013 as Piacenzian

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. H. Chang and Y. N. Cheng. 1998. Extraordinary fossil records of Cetacea from Pleistocene in Taiwan. In H. Otsuka and K. D. Rigakubu (eds.), The Ryukyu Islands: The arena of adaptive radiation and extinction of island fauna. Kagoshima University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences 85 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 153831: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 16.01.2014

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