Where: Tanzania (9.6° S, 39.5° E: paleocoordinates 32.4° S, 19.9° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: "Trigonia bornhardti/Trigonia schwarzi" Member, Early/Lower Aptian (121.4 - 122.5 Ma)
• probably from the Early Aptian "Niongala Member" of the Late Valanginian-Early Aptian "Trigonia bornhardti/Trigonia schwarzi Beds"
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments
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 85359: 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 | |
Montlivaltia bulgarica Toula 1882 stony coral
Peplosmilia fromenteli Angelis d'Ossat 1905 stony coral | |
Brachymeandra cf. leptophylla Reuss 1854 stony coral
Camptodocis basiplana Dietrich 1926 stony coral |