Niongala (Fraas collection) (Cretaceous of Tanzania)

Where: Tanzania (9.6° S, 39.3° E: paleocoordinates 32.3° S, 19.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Aptian (125.5 - 122.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, original calcite

Collected by E. Fraas; reposited in the SMNS

Primary reference: E. Krenkel. 1910. Die untere Kreide von Deutsch-Ostafrika. Beiträge zur Paläontologie und Geologie Österreich-Ungarns und des Orients 23:201-250 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 166266: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 07.02.2015

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Nautilida -
Nautilida indet. Agassiz 1847 nautiloid
?Nautilus n. sp.
 Nautilida - Nautilidae
"Nautilus mikado n. sp." = Cymatoceras mikado, "Nautilus cf. pseudoelegans" = Cymatoceras pseudoelegans
"Nautilus mikado n. sp." = Cymatoceras mikado Krenkel 1910 nautiloid
"Nautilus cf. pseudoelegans" = Cymatoceras pseudoelegans d'Orbigny 1841 nautiloid