Where: Tanzania (6.4° S, 38.5° E: paleocoordinates 25.5° S, 17.0° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine
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 36419: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 29.01.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Cercomya sp. Agassiz 1843 clam | |
Pseudotrapezium sp. Fischer 1887 clam
? Isocyprina sp. Röder 1882 clam | |
Fimbria quennelli n. sp.
Fimbria quennelli n. sp. clam | |
Astarte episcopalis clam | |
Trigonia tealei Cox 1937 clam | |
Meleagrinella radiata scallop | |
Limatula moorei n. sp.
Limatula moorei n. sp. file clam | |
Pteria tanganyicensis n. sp.
Pteria tanganyicensis n. sp. pearl oyster | |
Parallelodon sp. Meek and Worthen 1866 clam |