Tendaguru Tin 6 (Jurassic of Tanzania)

Where: Tanzania (9.7° S, 39.2° E: paleocoordinates 29.2° S, 16.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Saurian Bed Member, Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 152.1 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; lithified siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, original calcite

Collection methods: mechanical

Primary reference: M. Aberhan. 2000. Tendaguru. [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 35504: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 18.12.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Gordenellidae
"Promathildia" sp. Andreae 1887 snail
 Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Falcimytilus dietrichi Cox 1965 mussel
 Cardiida - Neomiodontidae