“…1). Descriptions of the regional geology and tectonic evolution of these basins can be found in Balduzzi et al (1992), Salman and Abdula (1995), Veeken and Titov (1996), Mpanda (1997), Kapilima (2003), Kejato (2003), Pearson et al (2004), Nicholas et al (2006Nicholas et al ( , 2007 and Key et al (2008). We focus on the mid-to Upper Cretaceous marine succession of southeastern Tanzania (Figs 2 and 3).…”