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Collection: Cox - 68 (S.E. Tanganyika) Lindi Region, Tanzania
Age | 166.1 - 163.5 Ma (Middle Jurassic) |
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Interval | Callovian |
Lat/Long | -9.36278,39.4081 |
Co-ordinates derived from | stated in text |
Location | Cox - 68 |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Lindi Region, Tanzania |
Geographic Scale | small collection |
Geographic Comments | Along Lonji-Runjo stream, a little E.N.E. of Nandenga hill (loc. WA 1345) |
Stratigraphic Scale | bed |
Environment | marine indet. |
Tectonic Setting | passive margin |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Preservation | Age |
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Ampullina (Ampullospira) subgenus | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Architaenioglossa : Ampullinidae : Ampullina : Ampullina (Ampullospira) | aragonite body,mold/impression,original calcite | 166.1 - 163.5 Ma Middle Jurassic |
Pseudomelania genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pseudomelaniidae : Pseudomelania | aragonite body,mold/impression,original calcite | 166.1 - 163.5 Ma Middle Jurassic |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!