Where: Tanzania (5.1° S, 39.1° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 5.4° S, 39.1° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone and lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: S. Nardini. 1934. Molluschi delle spiagge emerse del Mar Rosso e dell'Oceano Indiano, introduzione e parte I (gasteropodi) [Mollusks from raised beaches bordering the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, introduction and part I (gastropods)]. Palaeontographia Italica 34:171-267 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 101546: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 23.12.2010
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
"Potamides palustris" = Terebralia palustris
"Potamides palustris" = Terebralia palustris Linnaeus 1767 horn snail | |
"Pyrula paradisiaca" = Ficus
"Pyrula paradisiaca" = Ficus fig shell | |
"Strombus gibberulus" = Strombus (Gibberulus) gibberulus
"Strombus gibberulus" = Strombus (Gibberulus) gibberulus Linnaeus 1758 conch | |
Bivalvia | |
"Chlamys senatoria" = Mimachlamys senatoria
"Chlamys senatoria" = Mimachlamys senatoria Gmelin 1791 scallop | |
"Ostrea hyotis" = Hyotissa hyotis
"Ostrea hyotis" = Hyotissa hyotis Linnaeus 1758 Honeycomb Oyster | |
"Anadara antiquata" = Anadara (Anadara) antiquata
"Anadara antiquata" = Anadara (Anadara) antiquata Linnaeus 1758 ark | |
Codakia tigerina Linnaeus 1758 clam |