Cox - 92 (E. Tanganyika): Bajocian, Tanzania
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Ataphridae
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Ataphrus aff. acmon
(Orbigny 1853)
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Parallelodontidae
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Parallelodon sp.
Meek and Worthen 1866
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Grammatodon sp.
Meek and Hayden 1860
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Astarte sp.
Sowerby 1816
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Protocardia sp.
(Beyrich 1845)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tancrediidae
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Tancredia sp.
Lycett 1850
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Arcticidae
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? Eotrapezium sp.
Douvillé 1912
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| spelled with current rank as Isocyprina (Eotrapezium) | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Ceratomyidae
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Ceratomya sp.
Sandberger 1864
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Mactromyidae
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? Mactromya sp.
Agassiz 1843
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Geography
| Country: | Tanzania |
| Coordinates: | 6.8° South, 38.2° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 25.5° South, 17.1° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Middle Jurassic |
| Stage: | Bajocian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Bajocian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 170.90000 - 168.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Member: | Station Beds |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | marine indet. | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,mold/impression,original calcite |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Articulated whole bodies: | some |
| Temporal resolution: | time-averaged |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | mechanical |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 36402 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Aberhan | Enterer: | S. Nurnberg |
| Modifier: | S. Nurnberg | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-01-29 00:25:08 | Last modified: | 2004-01-29 02:25:08 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-04-29 00:25:08 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 9748. | 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] |