Where: Morogoro, Tanzania (8.0° S, 36.9° E: paleocoordinates 28.4° S, 42.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Beaufort Group, Capitanian (264.3 - 259.5 Ma)
• Karoo Supergroup "Ruhembe Beds"; Cistecephalus zone, upper zone of Lower Beaufort, corresponding to late Capitanian. Detached block in river.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; poorly lithified, coarse-grained, brown sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Primary reference: L. R. Cox. 1936. Karroo Lamellibranchia from Tanganyika Territory and Madagascar. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 92(365):32-56 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 41486: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.07.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Gervillia elianae n. sp. oyster
Gervillia stockleyi n. sp. oyster
Gervillia kidodiensis n. sp. oyster |