Also known as RRBP TZ-07
Where: Mbeya, Tanzania (8.9° S, 33.2° E: paleocoordinates 26.9° S, 23.6° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Namba Member (Galula Formation), Cenomanian to Cenomanian (100.5 - 72.1 Ma)
• Upper portion of the Namba Member of the Galula Formation
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•Originally thought to be Aptian-Cenomanian, but new dates indicate either Cenomanian-Santonian or Campanian (Widlansky et al. 2018)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial; lenticular, tabular, red sandstone and lenticular, red mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Michigan State Univ. in 2002
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (float), surface (in situ), mechanical,
Primary reference: D. W. Krause, M. D. Gottfried, P. M. O'Connor and E. M. Roberts. 2003. A Cretaceous mammal from Tanzania. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 48(3):321-330 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 46888: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 25.01.2005, edited by Philip Mannion
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Aves | |
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird | |
Reptilia | |
Crocodyliformes indet. Hay 1930 crocodilian | |
Testudines indet. Batsch 1788 turtle | |
Mammalia | |
Galulatherium jenkinsi n. gen. n. sp.4
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Osteichthyes | |
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Actinopteri | |
Osteoglossomorpha indet.3 Greenwood et al. 1966 | |
Cubiculum | |
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