Where: Tanzania (5.0° S, 39.1° E: paleocoordinates 24.8° S, 18.4° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 152.1 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 36436: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 29.01.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
"Ampullospira quennelli n. sp." = Ampullina (Ampullospira)
"Ampullospira quennelli n. sp." = Ampullina (Ampullospira) snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Gervillella aviculoides Sowerby 1814 oyster | |
Myophorella quennelli n. sp.
Myophorella quennelli n. sp. clam | |
"Pholadomya protei" = Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) protei
"Pholadomya protei" = Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) protei Brongniart 1821 clam | |
Mactromya quadrata Rollier 1913 clam |