Penghu Channel (Pliocene of Taiwan)

Where: N/A, Taiwan (23.6° N, 120.0° E: paleocoordinates 23.7° N, 119.7° E)

When: Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; unlithified lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Land Fossils and Minerals Museum, Tainan, specimen number CJ-0013, CJ-0038, CJ-0032, CJ-0039.

•Also from the private collection of Li-Ren Ho, specimen number HL-0001, HL-0002.

Primary reference: Z. J. Tseng and C.-H. Chang. 2007. A Study of New Material of Crocuta crocuta ultima (Carnivora: Hyaenidae) from the Quaternary of Taiwan. Collection and Research 20:9-19 [A. Lin/A. Lin]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 208876: authorized by Alex Lin, entered by Alex Lin on 15.04.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Crocuta crocuta Erxleben 1777 spotted hyaena
Subspecies Crocuta crocuta ultima, CJ-0013, CJ-0038, CJ-0032, CJ-0039, HL-0001, HL-0002