Cox - 106 (E. Tanganyika) (Jurassic of Tanzania)

Where: Tanzania (6.5° S, 38.3° E: paleocoordinates 25.3° S, 17.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Callovian (166.1 - 163.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, original calcite

Collection methods: mechanical

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 36416: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 29.01.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Neritoidea - Neridomidae
Neritoma aff. gea d'Orbigny 1850 snail
 Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
Pseudomelania sp. Pictet and Campiche 1862 snail
Pseudomelania (Oonia) sp.
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
? Gervillella sp. Waagen 1907 oyster
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
Meleagrinella echinata Smith 1819 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
 Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae
Trigonia tealei Cox 1937 clam