Where: Tanzania (9.4° S, 39.4° E: paleocoordinates 28.4° S, 16.9° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Callovian (166.1 - 163.5 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 36344: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 26.01.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Pseudomelania aspasia snail
Bourguetia saemanni snail | |
"Ampullospira quennelli" = Ampullina (Ampullospira)
"Ampullospira quennelli" = Ampullina (Ampullospira) snail | |
Nerineidae gen. et sp. indet. Zittel 1873 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Astarte aitkeni n. sp.
Astarte aitkeni n. sp. clam |