Where: Lindi, Tanzania (9.7° S, 39.2° E: paleocoordinates 29.9° S, 17.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-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, sandy marl
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by W. Janensch, A. Kimbamba in 1910
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
Primary reference: W. Janensch. 1925. Die Coelurosaurier und Theropoden der Tendaguru-Schichten Deutsch-Ostafrikas [The coelurosaurs and theropods of the Tendaguru Formation of German East Africa]. Palaeontographica, Supplement VII (1) 1(1):1-100 [A. Behrensmeyer/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 47161: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 16.02.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Brachiosaurus brancai" = Giraffatitan brancai
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