Tso-chen (Pleistocene of Taiwan)

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

•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
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Reptilia
 Loricata -
"Crocodilia indet." = Crocodylia
"Crocodilia indet." = Crocodylia Owen 1842 crocodilian
 Crocodylia - Gavialidae
"Tomistoma taiwanicus n. sp." = Toyotamaphimeia taiwanicus2
"Tomistoma taiwanicus n. sp." = Toyotamaphimeia taiwanicus2 Shikama 1972 crocodilian
NSMT-P-9121-9126 - type (partial skull)
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas hysudricus1, "Elephas indicus" = Elephas maximus indicus, "Palaeoloxodon naumanii" = Elephas1, "Stegodon cf. sinensis" = Elephas clifti, Mammuthus armeniacus1, "Elephas cf. trogontherii" = Mammuthus trogontherii, Stegodon (Parastegodon) akashiensis1, Stegodon (Parastegodon) aurorae1
Elephas hysudricus1 Falconer and Cautley 1875 elephant
subspecies paramamonteus
"Elephas indicus" = Elephas maximus indicus Cuvier 1798 Asian elephant
subspecies buski
"Palaeoloxodon naumanii" = Elephas1 elephant
"Stegodon cf. sinensis" = Elephas clifti Falconer 1857 elephant
Mammuthus armeniacus1 mammoth
subspecies taiwanicus
"Elephas cf. trogontherii" = Mammuthus trogontherii Pohlig 1885 mammoth
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinoceros sp. Linnaeus 1758 one-horned rhinoceros
 Cetacea - Delphinidae
Delphinidae indet. Gray 1821 dolphin
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bibos geron antelope
Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Carcharodon arnoldi Jordan 1898 white shark
Carcharodon carcharias Linnaeus 1758 great white shark
"Isurus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis Agassiz 1838 white shark
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
"Carcharias cuspidatus" = Araloselachus cuspidatus
"Carcharias cuspidatus" = Araloselachus cuspidatus Agassiz 1843 sand tiger shark