Where: Tanzania (9.6° S, 39.3° E: paleocoordinates 29.9° S, 17.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Trigonia Smeei Bed Member, Early/Lower Tithonian (150.8 - 145.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; lithified mixed carbonate-siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, original calcite
Collection methods: mechanical
Primary reference: M. Aberhan, R. Bussert, W.-D. Heinrich, E. Schrank, S. Schultka, B. Sames, J. Kriwet and S. Kapilima. 2002. Palaeoecology and depositional environments of the Tendaguru Beds (Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous, Tanzania). Mitt. Mus. Nat.kd. Berl., Geowiss. Reihe (5(2002))19-44 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 35461: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 16.12.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Meandrophyllia oolitotithonica stony coral | |
"Astrocoenia bernensis" = Allocoeniopsis luciensis
"Astrocoenia bernensis" = Allocoeniopsis luciensis d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral | |
Thamnoseris sp. Fromentel 1861 stony coral | |
Polychaeta | |
Cycloserpula sp. Parsch 1956 | |
Bryozoa | |
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Bivalvia | |
Lithophaga suboblonga mussel | |
"Liostrea dubiensis" = Praeexogyra dubiensis, Liostrea kindopeensis
"Liostrea dubiensis" = Praeexogyra dubiensis Contejean 1859 oyster
Liostrea kindopeensis oyster | |
Actinostreon hennigi oyster | |
Ctenostreon rugosum Smith 1817 file clam | |
"Indotrigonia africana" = Trigonia (Indotrigonia)
"Indotrigonia africana" = Trigonia (Indotrigonia) clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Cossmannea cf. hennigi snail | |
Bathrotomaria aitkeni snail |