Where: Tanzania (9.3° S, 39.4° E: paleocoordinates 28.3° S, 17.2° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Pindiro Shales Member, Bajocian (170.3 - 168.3 Ma)
• Bajocian (?)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, original calcite
Collection methods: mechanical
Primary reference: L. R. Cox. 1965. Jurassic Bivalvia and Gastropoda from Tanganyika and Kenya. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology Supplement I [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 36336: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 26.01.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Exelissa africana snail | |
"Ampullospira besairiei" = Ampullina (Ampullospira)
"Ampullospira besairiei" = Ampullina (Ampullospira) snail | |
Pictavia tanganyicensis n. sp.
Pictavia tanganyicensis n. sp. apple snail | |
Pietteia sp. Cossmann 1904 snail | |
Acteonina sp. d'Orbigny 1850 snail | |
Coelostylina mandawaensis n. sp.
Coelostylina mandawaensis n. sp. snail | |
Zygopleura mandawaensis snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Pinna buchii oyster | |
Gervillella orientalis Douvillé 1916 oyster | |
Mactromya eamesi n. sp.
Mactromya eamesi n. sp. clam | |
Astarte kenti n. sp.
Astarte kenti n. sp. clam |