Cox - 96 (E. Tanganyika) (Jurassic of Tanzania)

Where: Tanzania (6.8° S, 38.3° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 31.1° S, 30.2° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Bathonian (168.3 - 166.1 Ma)

• About Bathonian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine

Size class: macrofossils

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 36406: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 29.01.2004

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Liostrea dubiensis" = Praeexogyra dubiensis
"Liostrea dubiensis" = Praeexogyra dubiensis Contejean 1859 oyster