Kiturika Mountains, Naiwanga, Nalue (Cretaceous of Tanzania)

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

• carbonate ramp

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

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Aulastraeoporidae
Preverastraea multistella
Preverastraea multistella Stoliczka 1873 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Eugyridae
Pseudomyriophyllia carpathica
Pseudomyriophyllia carpathica Morycowa 1971 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
Amphiastrea paronai
Amphiastrea paronai Prever 1909 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
Camptodocis brancai, Actinaraea cf. granulata
Camptodocis brancai Dietrich 1926 stony coral
Actinaraea cf. granulata Münster 1829 stony coral