Tendaguru 9 - Mtapaia (Jurassic of Tanzania)
Where: Tanzania (9.6° S, 39.3° E: paleocoordinates 29.9° S, 17.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Trigonia Smeei Bed Member, Early/Lower Tithonian (150.8 - 145.5 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified siliciclastic sediments
• possibly sandstone, based on nearby localities
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: mechanical,
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 79087: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 25.02.2008