Where: Tanzania (9.7° S, 39.3° E: paleocoordinates 31.4° S, 18.3° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Trigonia Schwarzi Bed Member, Valanginian to Valanginian (139.8 - 129.4 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; lithified, shelly/skeletal sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, original calcite
Collection methods: mechanical,
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 79090: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 25.02.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Mytilus sp. Linnaeus 1758 mussel | |
Tancredia tellina clam | |
"Trigonia (Laevitrigonia) schwarzi" = Rutitrigonia schwarzi
"Trigonia (Laevitrigonia) schwarzi" = Rutitrigonia schwarzi Müller 1900 clam |