Niongala (BSP collection) (Cretaceous of Tanzania)

Where: Tanzania (9.6° S, 39.3° E: paleocoordinates 32.3° S, 19.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Deshayesites weissi ammonoid zone, Early/Lower Aptian (121.4 - 122.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, original calcite

Collected by Forster, Weier; reposited in the BSP

Primary reference: R. Förster and H. Weier. 1983. Ammoniten und Alter der Niongala-Schichten (Unterapt, Süd-Tanzania). Mitteilungen der Bayerischen Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Historische Geologie 23:51-76 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 174609: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.11.2015

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Deshayesitidae
Deshayesites (Kuntziella) cf. kuntzi
Deshayesites (Kuntziella) cf. kuntzi Collignon 1962 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
Pseudohaploceras cf. matheroni, Melchiorites cassidoides
Pseudohaploceras cf. matheroni d'Orbigny 1840 ammonite
Melchiorites cassidoides Uhlig 1883 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae
Lytoceras schlosseri, Lytoceras subsequens
Lytoceras schlosseri Krenkel 1910 ammonite
Lytoceras subsequens Karakasch 1907 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Ancyloceratidae
Ancyloceras (Kutatissites) niongalense, Tropaeum sp., "Ancyloceras (Adouliceras) sp." = Audouliceras
Tropaeum sp. Sowerby 1837 ammonite
"Ancyloceras (Adouliceras) sp." = Audouliceras Thomel 1964 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Douvilleiceratidae
Procheloniceras hennigi n. sp.
Procheloniceras hennigi n. sp. Förster and Weier 1983 ammonite
 Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) sp.
Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) sp. Salfeld 1924 ammonite