Where: Tanzania (9.7° S, 39.3° E: paleocoordinates 31.8° S, 18.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: "Trigonia bornhardti/Trigonia schwarzi" Member, Late/Upper Valanginian to Late/Upper Valanginian (140.2 - 122.5 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments
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 85378: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 17.12.2008, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Peplosmilia fromenteli Angelis d'Ossat 1905 stony coral | |
Kobyphyllia hennigi stony coral |