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, red, sandy marl
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
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: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 48374: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 17.03.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
"Brachiosaurus brancai" = Giraffatitan brancai
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Dicraeosaurus sattleri Janensch 1914 dicraeosaurid |