Where: Lindi, Tanzania (9.7° S, 39.2° E: paleocoordinates 29.9° S, 17.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Upper Dinosaur Member (Tendaguru Formation), Tithonian (152.1 - 145.0 Ma)
• formerly Upper Saurian Bed
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; gray, green, red, sandy marl
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by W. Janensch in 1909-1910
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
• density = 3.83; total NISP = 115
Primary reference: W. Janensch. 1929. Material und Formegehalt der Sauropoden in der Ausbeute der Tendaguru-Expedition, 1909-1912 [Material and figured content of sauropods in the yield of the Tendaguru Expedition, 1909-1912]. Palaeontographica, Supplement VII (1) 2(1):3-34 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taphonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 47143: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 15.02.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
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"Brachiosaurus brancai" = Giraffatitan brancai
"Brachiosaurus brancai" = Giraffatitan brancai Janensch 1914 brachiosaurid | |
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