PBDB Collection

Mtwara Bay (Miocene of Tanzania)

Where: Tanzania (10.3° S, 40.2° E: paleocoordinates 10.5° S, 39.9° E)

When: Mikindani Formation, Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; reef rocks

• low-relief biostromes

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. Reuter, F. R. Bosellini, A. F. Budd, S. Coric, W. E. Piller and M. Harzhauser. 2019. High coral reef connectivity across the Indian Ocean is revealed 6–7 Ma ago by a turbid-water scleractinian assemblage from Tanzania (Eastern Africa). Coral Reefs [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 202214: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 01.07.2019

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
Scleractinia - Acroporidae	Acropora sp. Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae	Turbinaria mesenterina Turbinaria mesenterina Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Scleractinia - Merulinidae	Oulophyllia crispa, Hydnophyllia costata, Platygyra daedalea, Platygyra concentrica, Goniastrea edwardsi Oulophyllia crispa Lamarck 1816 stony coral Hydnophyllia costata Catullo 1856 stony coral Platygyra daedalea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral Platygyra concentrica Duncan 1880 stony coral Goniastrea edwardsi Chevalier 1971 stony coral
Scleractinia - Agariciidae	Pachyseris affinis, Pachyseris speciosa Pachyseris affinis Duncan 1880 stony coral Pachyseris speciosa Dana 1846 stony coral
Scleractinia - Poritidae	Goniopora planulata, Porites sp. Goniopora planulata Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Scleractinia - Fungiidae	Fungiidae indet., Cycloseris sp., Lithophyllon sp., Fungia sp. Fungiidae indet. Dana 1846 stony coral Cycloseris sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral Lithophyllon sp. Rehberg 1892 stony coral Fungia sp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral
Foraminifera
Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae	Operculina sp. Operculina sp.
Chilostomellacea - Heterolepidae	Heterolepa sp. Heterolepa sp. Franzenau 1884
Asterigerinacea - Amphisteginidae	Amphistegina sp. Amphistegina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Globigerinoidea - Globigerinidae	Globigerinoides extremus, Globigerinoides conglobatus, Globigerinoides trilobus, Globigerinoides ruber, Globigerinoides bisphericus, Globigerinoides cf. tenellus, Globigerinoides obliquus, Globigerinoides elongatus, Globigerina falconensis, Globigerina bulloides, "Globigerinoides sacculifer" = Trilobatus sacculifer, Globoquadrina cf. altispira, Globoquadrina dehiscens, Sphaeroidinellopsis seminulina, Globigerinella cf. praesiphonifera, Orbulina universa Globigerinoides extremus Bolli and Bermudez 1965 Globigerinoides conglobatus Brady 1879 Globigerinoides trilobus Reuss 1850 Globigerinoides ruber d'Orbigny 1839 Globigerinoides bisphericus Todd 1954 Globigerinoides cf. tenellus Parker 1958 Globigerinoides obliquus Bolli 1957 Globigerinoides elongatus d'Orbigny 1826 Globigerina falconensis Blow 1959 Globigerina bulloides d'Orbigny 1826 "Globigerinoides sacculifer" = Trilobatus sacculifer Brady 1877 Globoquadrina cf. altispira Cushman and Jarvis 1936 Globoquadrina dehiscens Chapman et al. 1934 Sphaeroidinellopsis seminulina Schwager 1866 Globigerinella cf. praesiphonifera Blow 1969 Orbulina universa d'Orbigny 1839
Globigerinoidea - Globorotaliidae	"Globorotalia menardii" = Globorotalia (Menardella) menardii, Globorotalia merotumida "Globorotalia menardii" = Globorotalia (Menardella) menardii Parker et al. 1865 Globorotalia merotumida Blow and Banner 1965
Reticulofenestra
-	Reticulofenestra rotaria, Reticulofenestra minuta Reticulofenestra rotaria Theodoridis 1984 Reticulofenestra minuta Roth 1970
Coccolithophyceae
- Ceratolithaceae	Nicklithus amplificus, Amaurolithus primus Nicklithus amplificus Bukry and Percival 1971 Amaurolithus primus Bukry and Percival 1971
-	Sphenolithus abies, Sphenolithus moriformis Sphenolithus abies Deflandre 1954 Sphenolithus moriformis Bronnimann and Stradner 1960
Prymnesiophycidae - Prymnesiophycidae	Discoaster surculus, Discoaster brouweri, Discoaster quinqueramus, Discoaster variabilis Discoaster surculus Martini and Bramlette 1963 Discoaster brouweri Tan Sin Hok 1927 Discoaster quinqueramus Gartner 1969 Discoaster variabilis Martini and Bramlette 1963