Tendaguru 1 - Tingutinguti Creek, SW of Tendaguru: Early/Lower Tithonian, Tanzania
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Echinoidea
- Cidaroida
- Cidaridae
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Cidaris glandifera
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rare category | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Lissoceratidae
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Lissoceras elimatum
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Cephalopoda
- Belemnitida
- Belemnitidae
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Belemnopsis aff. tanganensis
Futt 1894
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| recombined as Belemnites (Belemnopsis) tanganensis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Chlamys curvivarians
(Dietrich 1933)
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Aberhan 2003 | few category | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Oxytomidae
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Meleagrinella radiata
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Aberhan 2003 | rare category | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Plagiostoma sp.
Sowerby 1814
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common category | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pseudomonotidae
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Pseudomonotis tendagurensis
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abundant category | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Bakevelliidae
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Gervilleia (Gervillella) sp.
(Defrance 1820)
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rare category | |||||||||
| original and current combination Gervillia | ||||||||||
| Aviculoides-group | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Integricardium propebanneianum
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few category | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadomyida
- Pholadomyidae
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Homomya cf. hortulana
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Hippopodiidae
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Hippopodium quenstedti
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Aberhan 2003 | rare category | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Astarte (Coelastarte) cf. cotteausia
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Aberhan 2003 | rare category | ||||||||
| reassigned as Neocrassina (Coelastarte) | ||||||||||
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Herzogina weissermeli
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Aberhan 2003 | rare category | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Trigoniidae
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Trigonia dubia
Kitchin 1903
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Aberhan 2003 | rare category | ||||||||
| recombined as Iotrigonia dubia | ||||||||||
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Trigonia (Indotrigonia) smeei
(Sowerby 1840)
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common category | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Tanzania |
| Coordinates: | 9.7° South, 39.3° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 30.0° South, 17.1° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Jurassic |
| Stage: | Tithonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Tithonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 149.20000 - 146.30000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Member: | Trigonia Smeei Bed |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | coarse lithified conglomeratic sandstone | ||
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,mold/impression,original calcite |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Articulated whole bodies: | some |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | mechanical,survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Janensch's expedition 1909-1913 | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 35568 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Aberhan | Enterer: | S. Nurnberg |
| Modifier: | S. Nurnberg | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2003-12-22 05:20:22 | Last modified: | 2008-02-22 05:19:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-12-22 05:20:22 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 26538. | W. O. Dietrich. 1933. Zur Stratigraphie und Palaeontologie der Tendaguruschichten. Palaeontographica, Supplement VII/2, Teil 2 1-86 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg] |
Secondary references:
| 9607 | M. Aberhan. 2003. Tendaguru Expedition 1909-1913. [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg] |