Where: Tanzania (9.7° S, 39.3° E: paleocoordinates 30.0° S, 17.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Trigonia Smeei Bed Member, Early/Lower Tithonian (150.8 - 145.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, coarse-grained, conglomeratic, calcareous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, original calcite
Collection methods: mechanical,
• Janensch's expedition (1909-1913)
Primary reference: W. O. Dietrich. 1933. Zur Stratigraphie und Palaeontologie der Tendaguruschichten. Palaeontographica, Supplement VII/2, Teil 2 1-86 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 35571: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 22.12.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Lithophaga suboblonga mussel
Falcimytilus dietrichi Cox 1965 mussel | |
Cucullaea sp. Lamarck 1801 clam | |
"Liostrea dubiensis" = Praeexogyra dubiensis
"Liostrea dubiensis" = Praeexogyra dubiensis Contejean 1859 oyster | |
Radulopecten scarburgensis scallop
Aequipecten aff. subarmatus scallop | |
Plagiostoma sp. Sowerby 1814 file clam | |
Trigonia (Indotrigonia) smeei Sowerby 1840 clam |