Kiturika Mountains, Mbambala Plateau, Mavudji (Cretaceous of Tanzania)

Where: Tanzania (9.1° S, 39.2° E: paleocoordinates 32.4° S, 21.2° 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 85352: 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 - Diploastraeidae
"Diploastraea "sp. 2"" = Diploastrea
"Diploastraea "sp. 2"" = Diploastrea Matthai 1914 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Heterocoeniidae
Latusastrea irregularis
Latusastrea irregularis Toula 1884 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Kobyastraeidae
Kobyastraea sp.
Kobyastraea sp. Roniewicz 1970 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
"Metaulastraea pompeckji" = Pleurostylina pompeckji
"Metaulastraea pompeckji" = Pleurostylina pompeckji Dietrich 1926 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Ovalastrea recki, Thamnoseris arnaudi
Ovalastrea recki Dietrich 1926 stony coral
Thamnoseris arnaudi Alloiteau 1957 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Eugyridae
Eugyra casanovai, Pseudomyriophyllia "sp. 2", Pseudomyriophyllia carpathica
Eugyra casanovai Reig Oriol 1994 stony coral
Pseudomyriophyllia "sp. 2" Morycowa 1971 stony coral
Pseudomyriophyllia carpathica Morycowa 1971 stony coral