Also known as Reef 3269
Where: Taiwan (22.6° N, 120.3° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 22.6° N, 120.2° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Gutingkeng Formation, Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks
Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils
Primary reference: S. Y. Gong, S. W. Wang, and T. Y. Lee. 1998. Pleistocene coral reefs associated with claystones, Southwestern Taiwan. Coral Reefs 17:215-222 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 71151: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 20.04.2007
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
Anthozoa | |
Favites sp. Link 1807 stony coral | |
Favia sp. Oken 1815 stony coral | |
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral | |
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral | |
Foraminifera | |
Amphistegina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Florideophyceae | |
Corallinaceae indet. Lamouroux 1816 |