Where: Tanzania (9.7° S, 39.3° E: paleocoordinates 29.4° S, 16.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Nerinea Bed Member, Late/Upper Kimmeridgian (155.7 - 150.8 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; lithified sandstone
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 36286: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 25.01.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Stegoconcha gmuelleri Krenkel 1910 oyster | |
Gervillella aviculoides Sowerby 1814 oyster | |
Grammatodon irritans clam | |
Cucullaea sp. Lamarck 1801 clam | |
"Astarte sowerbyana" = Seebachia (Eoseebachia) sowerbyana, Herzogina recki
"Astarte sowerbyana" = Seebachia (Eoseebachia) sowerbyana Holdhaus 1913 clam
Herzogina recki clam | |
Trigonia migeodi n. sp., "Trigonia smeei" = Trigonia (Indotrigonia) smeei
Trigonia migeodi n. sp. clam
"Trigonia smeei" = Trigonia (Indotrigonia) smeei Sowerby 1840 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Nerinella cutleri n. sp.
Nerinella cutleri n. sp. snail |