Tendaguru 24 - Minyoka-Plateau (Jurassic of Tanzania)

Where: Tanzania (9.6° S, 39.4° E: paleocoordinates 29.9° S, 17.3° 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 sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

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 79260: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 29.02.2008

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Eopecten velatus Goldfuss 1833 scallop
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
"Gervilleia (Gervillella) sp." = Gervillia
"Gervilleia (Gervillella) sp." = Gervillia Defrance 1820 oyster
Aviculoides-group
 Carditida - Astartidae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Nerineidae