Tendaguru 14a - Tingutinguti Creek: Kimmeridgian, Tanzania
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Perisphinctidae
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Subdichotomoceras cf. sparsiplicatum
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rare category | ||||||
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Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Cuvier 1795
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common category | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Pseudomelaniidae
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Pseudomelania (Oonia) dietrichi
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Aberhan 2003 | rare category | |||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Nerinellidae
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Nerinella cutleri
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common category | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Patellidae
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Patella sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Aberhan 2003 | rare category | |||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Neomiodontidae
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Eomiodon cutleri
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Aberhan 2003 | abundant category | |||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Herzogina recki
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Aberhan 2003 | rare category | |||||
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Astarte krenkeli
Dietrich 1933
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rare category | ||||||
| synonym of Seebachia (Eoseebachia) sowerbyana | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Trigoniidae
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Trigonia (Indotrigonia) dietrichi
Lange 1914
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Aberhan 2003 | few category | |||||
| recombined as Rutitrigonia dietrichi | |||||||
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Trigonia (Indotrigonia) smeei
(Sowerby 1840)
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rare category | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Lithophaga suboblonga
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Modiola (Pharomytilus) perplicata
(Etallon 1863)
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| recombined as Inoperna perplicata | |||||||
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Modiola ex gr. bipartita
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rare category | ||||||
| corrected as Modiolus | |||||||
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Falcimytilus dietrichi
Cox 1965
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Aberhan 2003 | rare category | |||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Limatula tendagurensis
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common category | ||||||
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Radula sp.
Mörch 1853
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few category | ||||||
| synonym of Lima | |||||||
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Pseudolimea duplicata
(Sowerby 1814)
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Aberhan 2003 | few category | |||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Bakevelliidae
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Gervilleia sp.
(Defrance 1820)
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rare category | ||||||
| original and current combination Gervillia | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Cucullaeidae
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Cucullaea irritans
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few category | ||||||
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Cucullaea ex gr. contracta
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| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Tanzania |
| Coordinates: | 9.7° South, 39.3° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 29.2° South, 16.6° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Jurassic |
| Stage: | Kimmeridgian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Kimmeridgian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 154.80000 - 149.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Member: | Nerinea Bed | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Oxfordian? - Kimmeridgian | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified siltstone | ||
| 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: | 35573 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Aberhan | Enterer: | S. Nurnberg |
| Modifier: | S. Nurnberg | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2003-12-22 05:59:38 | Last modified: | 2008-02-25 06:53:08 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-12-22 05:59:38 |
| 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] |