Cox - 94 (E. Tanganyika) (Jurassic of Tanzania)

Where: Tanzania (6.8° S, 38.2° E: paleocoordinates 25.5° S, 17.1° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Station Beds Member, Bajocian (170.3 - 168.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, original calcite

Collection methods: mechanical

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 36404: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 29.01.2004

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus anatinus Smith 1817 mussel
 Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
"Lopha gregarea" = Actinostreon gregareum
"Lopha gregarea" = Actinostreon gregareum Sowerby 1816 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798 scallop
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
 Thraciida - Thraciidae
Thracia sp. Blainville 1824 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia sp. Beyrich 1845 cockle
 Lucinida - Lucinidae