Mtwara Bay (Miocene of Tanzania)
Where: Tanzania (10.3° S, 40.2° E: paleocoordinates 10.5° S, 39.9° E)
When: Mikindani Formation, Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; reef rocks
• low-relief biostromes
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: M. Reuter, F. R. Bosellini, A. F. Budd, S. Coric, W. E. Piller and M. Harzhauser. 2019. High coral reef connectivity across the Indian Ocean is revealed 6–7 Ma ago by a turbid-water scleractinian assemblage from Tanzania (Eastern Africa). Coral Reefs [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 202214: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 01.07.2019
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Taxonomic list
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Coccolithophyceae | |
Discoaster variabilis Martini and Bramlette 1963
Discoaster quinqueramus Gartner 1969
Discoaster brouweri Tan Sin Hok 1927
Discoaster surculus Martini and Bramlette 1963 | |
Sphenolithus abies Deflandre 1954
Sphenolithus moriformis Bronnimann and Stradner 1960 | |
Amaurolithus primus Bukry and Percival 1971
Nicklithus amplificus Bukry and Percival 1971 | |
Reticulofenestra | |
Reticulofenestra rotaria Theodoridis 1984
Reticulofenestra minuta Roth 1970 | |
Foraminifera | |
Globorotalia merotumida, "Globorotalia menardii" = Globorotalia (Menardella) menardii
Globorotalia merotumida Blow and Banner 1965
"Globorotalia menardii" = Globorotalia (Menardella) menardii Parker et al. 1865 | |
Globigerinoides cf. tenellus, Globigerinoides conglobatus, Globigerinoides obliquus, Globigerinoides extremus, Globigerinoides trilobus, Globigerinoides bisphericus, Globigerinoides elongatus, Globigerinoides ruber, Sphaeroidinellopsis seminulina, Globigerinella cf. praesiphonifera, Orbulina universa, "Globigerinoides sacculifer" = Trilobatus sacculifer, Globigerina falconensis, Globigerina bulloides, Globoquadrina cf. altispira, Globoquadrina dehiscens
Globigerinoides cf. tenellus Parker 1958
Globigerinoides conglobatus Brady 1879
Globigerinoides obliquus Bolli 1957
Globigerinoides extremus Bolli and Bermudez 1965
Globigerinoides trilobus Reuss 1850
Globigerinoides bisphericus Todd 1954
Globigerinoides elongatus d'Orbigny 1826
Globigerinoides ruber d'Orbigny 1839
Sphaeroidinellopsis seminulina Schwager 1866
Globigerinella cf. praesiphonifera Blow 1969
Orbulina universa d'Orbigny 1839
"Globigerinoides sacculifer" = Trilobatus sacculifer Brady 1877
Globigerina falconensis Blow 1959
Globigerina bulloides d'Orbigny 1826
Globoquadrina cf. altispira Cushman and Jarvis 1936
Globoquadrina dehiscens Chapman et al. 1934 | |
Heterolepa sp. Franzenau 1884 | |
Amphistegina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Anthozoa | |
Turbinaria mesenterina Lamarck 1816 stony coral | |
Goniastrea edwardsi, Hydnophyllia costata, Oulophyllia crispa, Platygyra daedalea, Platygyra concentrica
Goniastrea edwardsi Chevalier 1971 stony coral
Hydnophyllia costata Catullo 1856 stony coral
Oulophyllia crispa Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Platygyra daedalea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Platygyra concentrica Duncan 1880 stony coral | |
Pachyseris affinis Duncan 1880 stony coral
Pachyseris speciosa Dana 1846 stony coral | |
Fungiidae indet. Dana 1846 stony coral
Cycloseris sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
Lithophyllon sp. Rehberg 1892 stony coral
Fungia sp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral | |
Goniopora planulata Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral | |
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral |