Nambawala Plateau, Kikomolela, Likwaja (Cretaceous of Tanzania)

Where: Tanzania (9.8° 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 85348: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 16.12.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Eugyridae
Pseudomyriophyllia "sp. 1"
Pseudomyriophyllia "sp. 1" Morycowa 1971 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Heterocoeniidae
Latusastrea irregularis
Latusastrea irregularis Toula 1884 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
"Actinastrea kunthi" = Stelidioseris kunthi, "Actinastrea decaphylla" = Stelidioseris decaphylla
"Actinastrea kunthi" = Stelidioseris kunthi Bölsche 1871 stony coral
"Actinastrea decaphylla" = Stelidioseris decaphylla Michelin 1846 stony coral