Tendaguru 5 - Niongala (Cretaceous to of Tanzania)

Where: Tanzania (9.6° S, 39.3° E: paleocoordinates 31.3° S, 18.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Trigonia Schwarzi Bed Member, Valanginian to Valanginian (139.8 - 129.4 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; lithified, fine-grained, coarse sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, original calcite

Collection methods: mechanical,

Primary reference: W. O. Dietrich. 1933. Zur Stratigraphie und Palaeontologie der Tendaguruschichten. Palaeontographica, Supplement VII/2, Teil 2 1-86 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 79024: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 22.02.2008

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium orbicularis scallop
var. germanica
 Pectinida - Limidae
Plagiostoma sp. Sowerby 1814 file clam
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna cf. robinaldina d'Orbigny 1844 oyster
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
"Gervilleia alaeformis" = Gervillia, "Gervilleia (Gervillella) sp." = Gervillia
"Gervilleia alaeformis" = Gervillia oyster
var. percrassa
"Gervilleia (Gervillella) sp." = Gervillia Defrance 1820 oyster
Aviculoides-group
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Alectryonia (Arctostrea) rectangularis" = Ostrea (Alectryonia)
"Alectryonia (Arctostrea) rectangularis" = Ostrea (Alectryonia) oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Ptychomya robinaldina clam
var. hauchecornei
 Carditida - Astartidae
"Astarte krenkeli" = Seebachia (Eoseebachia) sowerbyana Holdhaus 1913 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Sphaera corrugata Sowerby 1822 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya gigantea Sowerby 1836 clam
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
"Panopaea gurgitis" = Panopea
"Panopaea gurgitis" = Panopea clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
"Trigonia (Laevitrigonia) schwarzi" = Rutitrigonia schwarzi
"Trigonia (Laevitrigonia) schwarzi" = Rutitrigonia schwarzi Müller 1900 clam