Cox - 48 (S.E. Tanganyika): Bajocian, Tanzania
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Ampullinidae
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Ampullospira besairiei n. sp.
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| spelled with current rank as Ampullina (Ampullospira) | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Coelostylinidae
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Coelostylina mandawaensis
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Bivalvia
- Thraciida
- Thraciidae
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Thracia lens
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Ceratomyidae
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Ceratomya tanganyicensis n. sp.
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Arcticidae
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Pronoella pindiroensis n. sp.
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Pronoella putealis n. sp.
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Protocardia bipi n. sp.
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Protocardia besairiei n. sp.
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Modiolus imbricatus
(Sowerby 1818)
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| recombined as Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Parallelodontidae
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Parallelodon pindiroensis n. sp.
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Bakevelliidae
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Gervillella orientalis
(Douvillé 1916)
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Geography
| Country: | Tanzania |
| Coordinates: | 9.4° South, 39.4° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 28.4° South, 17.2° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Middle Jurassic |
| Stage: | Bajocian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Bajocian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 170.90000 - 168.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Member: | Pindiro Shales | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Bajocian (?) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "siliciclastic" | ||
| Environment: | marine indet. | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,mold/impression,original calcite |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Articulated whole bodies: | some |
| Temporal resolution: | time-averaged |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | mechanical |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 36328 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Aberhan | Enterer: | S. Nurnberg |
| Modifier: | S. Nurnberg | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-01-26 04:31:23 | Last modified: | 2004-01-26 12:17:37 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-01-26 04:31:23 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 9748. | L. R. Cox. 1965. Jurassic Bivalvia and Gastropoda from Tanganyika and Kenya. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology Supplement I [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/M. Uhen] |