Nambawala Plateau, Pilepile (Cretaceous of Tanzania)

Where: Tanzania (9.9° S, 39.6° E: paleocoordinates 33.2° S, 21.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kiturika Member, Late/Upper Aptian (122.5 - 113.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified carbonate

• carbonate ramp

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: H. Löser. 2008. Early Cretaceous (Late Valanginian-Aptian) coral faunas from east Africa (Tanzania, Kenya) and revision of the Dietrich collection (Berlin, Germany). Palaeontographica Abteilung A 285:23-75 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 85347: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 16.12.2008, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Actinastrea asteriscus
Actinastrea asteriscus Weissermel 1900 stony coral
 Scleractinia -
Neocoeniopsis corollaris
Neocoeniopsis corollaris Reuss 1854 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pachyphylliidae
Columnocoenia aragonensis
Columnocoenia aragonensis Alloiteau 1946 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Ovalastrea sp., Ovalastrea recki, Thamnoseris arnaudi, "Baryphyllia barottei" = Ellipsocoenia barottei, Microphyllia sp.
Ovalastrea sp. d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral
Ovalastrea recki Dietrich 1926 stony coral
Thamnoseris arnaudi Alloiteau 1957 stony coral
"Baryphyllia barottei" = Ellipsocoenia barottei Fromentel 1870 stony coral
Microphyllia sp. d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Meandrastrea janenschi
Meandrastrea janenschi Dietrich 1926 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
Holocystis nomikosi
Holocystis nomikosi Löser 2006 stony coral