Tendaguru 1 - Tingutinguti Creek, SW of Tendaguru (Jurassic of Tanzania)

Where: Tanzania (9.7° S, 39.3° E: paleocoordinates 30.0° S, 17.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Trigonia Smeei Bed Member, Early/Lower Tithonian (150.8 - 145.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, coarse-grained, conglomeratic sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, original calcite

Collection methods: mechanical,

• Janensch's expedition 1909-1913

Primary reference: W. O. Dietrich. 1933. Zur Stratigraphie und Palaeontologie der Tendaguruschichten. Palaeontographica, Supplement VII/2, Teil 2 1-86 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 35568: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 22.12.2003

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Lissoceratidae
 Belemnitida - Belemnitidae
"Belemnopsis aff. tanganensis" = Belemnites (Belemnopsis) tanganensis
"Belemnopsis aff. tanganensis" = Belemnites (Belemnopsis) tanganensis Futt 1894 belemnite
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
"Gervilleia (Gervillella) sp." = Gervillia
"Gervilleia (Gervillella) sp." = Gervillia Defrance 1820 oyster
Aviculoides-group
 Pectinida - Limidae
Plagiostoma sp. Sowerby 1814 file clam
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
 Pectinida - Pseudomonotidae
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys curvivarians Dietrich 1933 scallop
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
"Trigonia dubia" = Iotrigonia dubia Kitchin 1903 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Carditida - Hippopodiidae
 Carditida - Astartidae
"Astarte (Coelastarte) cf. cotteausia" = Neocrassina (Coelastarte), Herzogina weissermeli
"Astarte (Coelastarte) cf. cotteausia" = Neocrassina (Coelastarte) clam
Echinoidea
 Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Cidaris glandifera pencil urchin