Tendaguru quarry J (Jurassic of Tanzania)

Where: Lindi, Tanzania (9.7° S, 39.2° E: paleocoordinates 28.6° S, 16.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lower Dinosaur Member (Tendaguru Formation), Oxfordian (163.5 - 157.3 Ma)

• formerly Lower 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

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: taphonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 48388: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 17.03.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Saurischia - Brachiosauridae
"Brachiosaurus brancai" = Giraffatitan brancai
"Brachiosaurus brancai" = Giraffatitan brancai Janensch 1914 brachiosaurid
J 1-3, 11, 12, 15