Where: Tanzania (6.8° S, 38.1° E: paleocoordinates 25.5° S, 17.0° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Bajocian (170.3 - 168.3 Ma)
• Bajocian (?)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine
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 36395: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 29.01.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
? Mytilus sp. Linnaeus 1758 mussel | |
Bakevellia iraonensis oyster | |
Tancredia sp. Lycett 1850 clam | |
Eomiodon baroni clam
Eomiodon tanganyicensis n. sp. clam |