Tendaguru 11 - Tendaguru, Peak (near loc. 10) (Cretaceous to of Tanzania)

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

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilus sp. Linnaeus 1758 mussel
 Cardiida - Tancrediidae
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
"Trigonia (Laevitrigonia) schwarzi" = Rutitrigonia schwarzi
"Trigonia (Laevitrigonia) schwarzi" = Rutitrigonia schwarzi Müller 1900 clam