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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
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"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 |