Where: Lindi, Tanzania (9.7° S, 39.2° E: paleocoordinates 29.7° S, 16.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Dinosaur Member (Tendaguru Formation), Late/Upper Kimmeridgian to Late/Upper Kimmeridgian (155.7 - 145.0 Ma)

• formerly Middle Saurian Bed

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; gray, green, red, sandy marl

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: trace

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: W. Janensch. 1929. Magensteine bei Sauropoden der Tendaguru-schichten [Sauropod gastroliths from the Tendaguru Beds]. Palaeontographica, Supplement VII (1) 2(1):137-143 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taphonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 48371: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 17.03.2005

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