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