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 | |
Neritoma aff. gea d'Orbigny 1850 snail | |
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Bivalvia | |
? Gervillella sp. Waagen 1907 oyster | |
Meleagrinella echinata Smith 1819 scallop | |
Chlamys subtextoria scallop | |
Trigonia tealei Cox 1937 clam |