Mikindani Formation, Lindi, - Schluter (1997): Pliocene, Tanzania
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten vasseli
Fuchs 1878
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Geography
| Country: | Tanzania |
| Coordinates: | 10.0° South, 39.7° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 11.2° South, 39.7° East (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.333 - 2.58 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Mikindani | Member: | Morogoro Road Beds | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: The predominant lithological unit in this area is represented by the mainly continental Mikindani Formation, which is associated with marine beds in minor quantity. At Lindi these compreise some 30 m of coral limestones, rubbly sandstones and clays. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal poorly lithified "limestone" |
| Secondary lithology: | conglomeratic sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Coral limestones, rubbly sandstones and clays. | |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
| Glacial or sequence phase: | regressive |
| Geology comments: The period was one of major regression in relation to earlier times. Limestones include coral material, hence reefal carbonates. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original calcite |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collection method comments: Taxa mentioned informally in text from stratigraphic unit. No further literature cited. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:Probably not exhaustive. Coral mentioned, no taxa listed. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Reef 3346 | ||
| Database number: | 42439 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | M. Krause | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-07-29 10:22:43 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | group members | Released: | 2005-07-29 10:22:43 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 11271. | T. Schluter. 1997. Geology of East Africa 1-484 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |