Where: Tanzania (9.7° S, 39.3° E: paleocoordinates 29.4° S, 16.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Nerinea Bed Member, Late/Upper Kimmeridgian (155.7 - 150.8 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, original calcite
Collection methods: mechanical
Primary reference: L. R. Cox. 1965. Jurassic Bivalvia and Gastropoda from Tanganyika and Kenya. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology Supplement I [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 36306: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 25.01.2004, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Protocardia schencki cockle | |
Grammatodon irritans clam | |
Pinna constantini de Loriol and Pellat 1874 oyster | |
Bositra somaliensis oyster | |
Gervillella aviculoides Sowerby 1814 oyster | |
"Nanogyra fourtaui" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
"Nanogyra fourtaui" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster | |
Oxytoma inequivalvis Sowerby 1819 scallop
Meleagrinella radiata scallop |