Tendaguru 7 - Mtshinyiri (near Karani Kumihu) (Jurassic of Tanzania)

Where: Tanzania (9.8° S, 39.3° E: paleocoordinates 30.0° S, 17.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Trigonia Smeei Bed Member, Early/Lower Tithonian (150.8 - 145.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, fine-grained sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, original calcite

Collection methods: mechanical,

• Janensch's expedition 1909-1913

Primary reference: W. O. Dietrich. 1933. Zur Stratigraphie und Palaeontologie der Tendaguruschichten. Palaeontographica, Supplement VII/2, Teil 2 1-86 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 79029: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 22.02.2008

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Modiola (Pharomytilus) perplicata" = Inoperna perplicata
"Modiola (Pharomytilus) perplicata" = Inoperna perplicata Etallon 1863 mussel
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
 Pectinida - Pseudomonotidae
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys curvivarians Dietrich 1933 scallop
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
"Entolium corneolum" = Entolium (Entolium) corneolum
"Entolium corneolum" = Entolium (Entolium) corneolum Young and Bird 1828 scallop
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
  - Rhytidopilidae
 Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
Pseudomelania sp. Pictet and Campiche 1862 snail
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Trochus sp. Linnaeus 1758 top snail
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae