Where: Kenya (3.6° S, 39.7° E: paleocoordinates 23.1° S, 19.6° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Miritini Shales Member, Callovian (166.1 - 163.5 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale
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 36444: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 29.01.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Bositra buchi Roemer 1836 oyster |