Cox - 92 (E. Tanganyika) (Jurassic of Tanzania)

Where: Tanzania (6.8° S, 38.2° E: paleocoordinates 25.5° S, 17.1° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Station Beds Member, Bajocian (170.3 - 168.3 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 36402: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 29.01.2004

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Ataphridae
Ataphrus aff. acmon Orbigny 1853 snail
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
"? Eotrapezium sp." = Isocyprina (Eotrapezium)
"? Eotrapezium sp." = Isocyprina (Eotrapezium) Douvillé 1912 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia sp. Beyrich 1845 cockle
 Cardiida - Tancrediidae
Tancredia sp. Lycett 1850 clam
 Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
Ceratomya sp. Sandberger 1864 clam
 Lucinida - Mactromyidae
? Mactromya sp. Agassiz 1843 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816 clam
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon sp. Meek and Worthen 1866 clam
Grammatodon sp. Meek and Hayden 1860 clam