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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Show authors, comments, and common names
Anthozoa | |
Fungiidae indet. Dana 1846 stony coral
Lithophyllon sp. Rehberg 1892 stony coral
Cycloseris sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
Fungia sp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral | |
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Goniopora planulata Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral | |
Pachyseris speciosa Dana 1846 stony coral
Pachyseris affinis Duncan 1880 stony coral | |
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral | |
Goniastrea edwardsi, Oulophyllia crispa, Platygyra concentrica, Platygyra daedalea, Hydnophyllia costata
Goniastrea edwardsi Chevalier 1971 stony coral
Oulophyllia crispa Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Platygyra concentrica Duncan 1880 stony coral
Platygyra daedalea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Hydnophyllia costata Catullo 1856 stony coral | |
Turbinaria mesenterina Lamarck 1816 stony coral | |
Foraminifera | |
Amphistegina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Heterolepa sp. Franzenau 1884 | |
"Globorotalia menardii" = Globorotalia (Menardella) menardii, Globorotalia merotumida
"Globorotalia menardii" = Globorotalia (Menardella) menardii Parker et al. 1865
Globorotalia merotumida Blow and Banner 1965 | |
Orbulina universa, "Globigerinoides sacculifer" = Trilobatus sacculifer, Globigerina bulloides, Globigerina falconensis, Globigerinella cf. praesiphonifera, Globigerinoides extremus, Globigerinoides elongatus, Globigerinoides bisphericus, Globigerinoides trilobus, Globigerinoides ruber, Globigerinoides conglobatus, Globigerinoides cf. tenellus, Globigerinoides obliquus, Sphaeroidinellopsis seminulina, Globoquadrina cf. altispira, Globoquadrina dehiscens
Orbulina universa d'Orbigny 1839
"Globigerinoides sacculifer" = Trilobatus sacculifer Brady 1877
Globigerina bulloides d'Orbigny 1826
Globigerina falconensis Blow 1959
Globigerinella cf. praesiphonifera Blow 1969
Globigerinoides extremus Bolli and Bermudez 1965
Globigerinoides elongatus d'Orbigny 1826
Globigerinoides bisphericus Todd 1954
Globigerinoides trilobus Reuss 1850
Globigerinoides ruber d'Orbigny 1839
Globigerinoides conglobatus Brady 1879
Globigerinoides cf. tenellus Parker 1958
Globigerinoides obliquus Bolli 1957
Sphaeroidinellopsis seminulina Schwager 1866
Globoquadrina cf. altispira Cushman and Jarvis 1936
Globoquadrina dehiscens Chapman et al. 1934 | |
Coccolithophyceae | |
Amaurolithus primus Bukry and Percival 1971
Nicklithus amplificus Bukry and Percival 1971 | |
Sphenolithus moriformis Bronnimann and Stradner 1960
Sphenolithus abies Deflandre 1954 | |
Discoaster brouweri Tan Sin Hok 1927
Discoaster variabilis Martini and Bramlette 1963
Discoaster quinqueramus Gartner 1969
Discoaster surculus Martini and Bramlette 1963 | |
Reticulofenestra | |
Reticulofenestra minuta Roth 1970
Reticulofenestra rotaria Theodoridis 1984 |