PBDB Collection

Tendaguru quarry Om: Tithonian, Tanzania

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes - Synechodontiformes - Orthacodontidae

	Sphenodus sp. Agassiz 1843	Arratia et al. 2002	4 specimens
	orig ID Orthacodus Hennig 1914
Reptilia

	Kentrurosaurus aethiopicus (Hennig 1915)	Hennig 1925	1 specimen
	original and current combination Kentrosaurus aethiopicus

	Ostafrikasaurus crassiserratus n. gen., n. sp. Buffetaut 2013	Buffetaut 2013
	nomen dubium belonging to Theropoda
	MB.R.1084 (holotype) and MB.R.1091, isolated teeth
Reptilia - Spinosauridae

	Labrosaurus ? stechowi Janensch 1920	Janensch 1920	1 specimen
	tooth type a
	= Ceratosaurus sp. Marsh 1884	Madsen and Welles 2000
	= ? Spinosauridae indet. Stromer 1915	Buffetaut 2008
Reptilia

	Coelurosauria informal indet. d Huene 1914
	teeth

	Coelurosauria informal indet. e Huene 1914
	teeth
see common names

Geography

Country:	Tanzania	State/province:	Lindi
Coordinates:	9.7° South, 39.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	29.9° South, 17.0° East
Basis of coordinate:	based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:	small collection

Time

Period:	Jurassic	Epoch:	Late/Upper Jurassic
Stage:	Tithonian	10 m.y. bin:	Jurassic 6
Key time interval:	Tithonian
Age range of interval:	149.20000 - 145.00000 m.y. ago

Stratigraphy

Formation:	Tendaguru	Member:	Upper Dinosaur
Stratigraphic resolution:	bed
Stratigraphy comments: formerly Upper Saurian Bed; base of stratum

Lithology and environment

Primary lithology:	gray,green,red sandy marl
Includes fossils?	Y
Lithology description: "greenish-grey and reddish sandy marls"
Environment:	estuary/bay

Taphonomy

Modes of preservation:	body
Size of fossils:	mesofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:	good
Disassociated major elements:	all
Fragmentation:	occasional
Spatial resolution:	parautochthonous

Collection methods and comments

Collection methods:	selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:	taxonomic analysis

Metadata

Database number:	47155
Authorizer:	M. Carrano, P. Mannion	Enterer:	M. Carrano, J. Tennant
Modifier:	M. Carrano	Research group:	taphonomy,vertebrate
Created:	2005-02-16 06:27:26	Last modified:	2022-02-18 14:47:31
Access level:	the public	Released:	2005-02-16 06:27:26
Creative Commons license:	CC BY

Reference information

Primary reference:

12560.

ETE

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]

Secondary references:

43685		G. Arratia, J. Kriwet, and W.-D. Heinrich. 2002. Selachians and actinopterygians from the Upper Jurassic of Tendaguru, Tanzania. Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, Geowissenschaften Reihe 5:207-230 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
28409	ETE	E. Buffetaut. 2008. Spinosaurid teeth from the Late Jurassic of Tendaguru, Tanzania, with remarks on the evolutionary and biogeographical history of the Spinosauridae. In: J.-M. Mazin, J. Pouech, P. Hantzpergue & V. Lacombe (eds.), Mid-Mesozoic Life and Environments, Cognac, France. Documents des Laboratoires de Géologie de Lyon 164:26-28 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
46348		E. Buffetaut. 2013. An early spinosaurid dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of Tendaguru (Tanzania) and the evolution of the spinosaurid dentition. Oryctos 10:1-8 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/J. Tennant]
12607	ETE	E. Hennig. 1925. Kentrurosaurus aethiopicus. Die Stegosaurier-Funde vom Tendaguru, Deutsch-Ostafrika [Kentrurosaurus aethiopicus. The stegosaur discovery from Tendaguru, German East Africa]. Palaeontographica, Supplement VII (1) 1(2):101-254 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
12561		W. Janensch. 1920. Ueber Elaphrosaurus bambergi und die Megalosaurier aus den Tendaguru-Schichten Deutsch-Ostafrikas [On Elaphrosaurus bambergi and the megalosaurs of the Tendaguru Formation of German East Africa]. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1920:225-235 [A. Behrensmeyer/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
13300	ETE	J. H. Madsen Jr. and S. P. Welles. 2000. Ceratosaurus (Dinosauria, Theropoda): a revised osteology. Utah Geological Survey, Miscellaneous Publications 00-2:1-80 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
73612		M. Soto, P. Toriño, and D. Perea. 2020. Ceratosaurus (Theropoda, Ceratosauria) teeth from the Tacuarembó Formation (Late Jurassic, Uruguay). Journal of South American Earth Sciences 103:102781:1-16 [O. Rauhut/O. Rauhut/M. Carrano]