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

Coccolithophyceae
 Prymnesiophycidae - Prymnesiophycidae
Discoaster variabilis Martini and Bramlette 1963
Discoaster brouweri Tan Sin Hok 1927
Discoaster surculus Martini and Bramlette 1963
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Sphenolithus abies Deflandre 1954
Sphenolithus moriformis Bronnimann and Stradner 1960
  - Ceratolithaceae
Amaurolithus primus Bukry and Percival 1971
Nicklithus amplificus Bukry and Percival 1971
Reticulofenestra
  -
Foraminifera
 Globigerinoidea - Globorotaliidae
"Globorotalia menardii" = Globorotalia (Menardella) menardii Parker et al. 1865
Globorotalia merotumida Blow and Banner 1965
 Globigerinoidea - Globigerinidae
Globoquadrina dehiscens Chapman et al. 1934
Globoquadrina cf. altispira Cushman and Jarvis 1936
Orbulina universa d'Orbigny 1839
Globigerina bulloides d'Orbigny 1826
Globigerinoides extremus Bolli and Bermudez 1965
Globigerinoides ruber d'Orbigny 1839
Globigerinoides elongatus d'Orbigny 1826
"Globigerinoides sacculifer" = Trilobatus sacculifer Brady 1877
 Chilostomellacea - Heterolepidae
Heterolepa sp. Franzenau 1884
 Asterigerinacea - Amphisteginidae
Amphistegina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
 Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Goniopora planulata Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Pachyseris affinis Duncan 1880 stony coral
Pachyseris speciosa Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Fungiidae indet. Dana 1846 stony coral
Fungia sp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral
Cycloseris sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
Lithophyllon sp. Rehberg 1892 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Oulophyllia crispa Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Platygyra daedalea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Platygyra concentrica Duncan 1880 stony coral
Goniastrea edwardsi Chevalier 1971 stony coral
Hydnophyllia costata Catullo 1856 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Turbinaria mesenterina Lamarck 1816 stony coral