Mingoyo-Lindi road, west of Lindi: Early/Lower Cenomanian, Tanzania
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Phylloceratida
- Phylloceratidae
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Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) bassae
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Tetragonitidae
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Anagaudryceras sp.
Shimizu 1934
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Zelandites sp.
Marshall 1926
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Argonauticeras sp.
(Anderson 1938)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| original and current combination Lytoceras (Argonauticeras) | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Lyelliceratidae
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Stoliczkaiella (Lamnayella) cf. juigneti
(Wright and Kennedy 1978)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Metascaphites thomasi
(Pervinquière 1907)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Forbesiceratidae
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Forbesiceras sp.
Kossmat 1897
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Acanthoceratidae
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Submantelliceras prenodosoides
(Boule et al. 1907)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mantelliceras cantianum
Spath 1926
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mantelliceras mantelli
(Sowerby 1814)
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Brancoceratidae
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Euhystrichoceras nicaisei
(Coquand 1862)
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15 specimens | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Desmoceratidae
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Desmoceras (Desmoceras) latidorsatum
(Michelin 1838)
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34 specimens | |||||||||
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Puzosia (Puzosia) sp.
Bayle 1878
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Puzosia (Puzosia) paronae
(Kilian 1900)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Anisoceratidae
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Algerites sayni
Pervinquière 1910
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Baculitidae
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Sciponoceras roto
Cieslinski 1959
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25 specimens | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Hamitidae
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Hamites duplicatus
Pictet and Campiche 1861
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Turrilitidae
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Hypoturrilites laevigatus
(Coquand 1862)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Mesoturrilites corrugatus
Wright and Kennedy 1996
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14 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Metacerithiidae
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? Metacerithium sp.
Cossmann 1906
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Ringiculidae
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? Avellana sp.
d'Orbigny 1842
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turbinidae
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Semisolarium sp.
Cossmann 1915
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
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Nuculanida indet.
(Carter et al. 2000)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
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Nuculida indet.
(Dall 1889)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
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Scleractinia indet.
Bourne 1900
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| "solitary ahermatypic corals" | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Tanzania |
| Coordinates: | 10.0° South, 39.6° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 31.1° South, 28.4° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Cenomanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 5 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Cenomanian | Ammonoid zone: | Mantelliceras mantelli |
| Age range of interval: | 100.50000 - 93.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Kingongo Marls | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Neostlingoceras carcitanense subzone | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray lithified claystone |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression,replaced with limonite |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | OUM |
Metadata
| Database number: | 193269 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2018-05-08 22:36:47 | Last modified: | 2018-05-08 22:36:47 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-05-08 22:36:47 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 65675. | W. J. Kennedy and N. J. Morris. 2018. An early Cenomanian ammonite fauna from near Lindi, Tanzania. Cretaceous Research 87:84-101 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |