Cox - 102 (E. Tanganyika): Callovian, Tanzania
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Laevitrigoniidae
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Trigonia tealei
(Cox 1937)
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Bivalvia
- Pholadomyida
- Pholadomyidae
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Pholadomya lirata
(Sowerby 1818)
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Astarte muelleri
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Geography
| Country: | Tanzania |
| Coordinates: | 6.8° South, 38.3° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 25.6° South, 16.9° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Middle Jurassic |
| Stage: | Callovian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Callovian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 165.30000 - 161.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | marine indet. | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,mold/impression,original calcite |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Articulated whole bodies: | some |
| Temporal resolution: | time-averaged |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | mechanical |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 36412 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Aberhan | Enterer: | S. Nurnberg |
| Modifier: | S. Nurnberg | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-01-29 00:41:12 | Last modified: | 2004-01-29 02:41:12 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-04-29 00:41:12 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 9748. | L. R. Cox. 1965. Jurassic Bivalvia and Gastropoda from Tanganyika and Kenya. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology Supplement I [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/M. Uhen] |