Where: Tanzania (9.0° S, 39.1° E: paleocoordinates 32.2° S, 21.2° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Kiturika Member, Late/Upper Aptian (122.5 - 112.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified carbonate
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: peel or thin section,
Primary reference: H. Löser. 2008. Early Cretaceous (Late Valanginian-Aptian) coral faunas from east Africa (Tanzania, Kenya) and revision of the Dietrich collection (Berlin, Germany). Palaeontographica Abteilung A 285:23-75 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 85357: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 16.12.2008, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Stylina ndalakashensis, "Stylohelia pluricostata" = Psammohelia pluricostata
Stylina ndalakashensis Dietrich 1926 stony coral
"Stylohelia pluricostata" = Psammohelia pluricostata Dietrich 1926 stony coral | |
Agathelia sp., "Stylina urgonica" = Agathelia urgonica
Agathelia sp. Reuss 1854 stony coral
"Stylina urgonica" = Agathelia urgonica Dietrich 1926 stony coral |