Where: Tanzania (8.9° 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 - 113.0 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 85356: 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 | |
Preverastraea multistella Stoliczka 1873 stony coral | |
Pseudomyriophyllia carpathica Morycowa 1971 stony coral | |
Camptodocis brancai Dietrich 1926 stony coral
Actinaraea cf. granulata Münster 1829 stony coral | |
Amphiastrea paronai Prever 1909 stony coral |