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