Lokitaung Gorge (general) (Cretaceous of Kenya)

Where: Kenya (4.3° N, 35.8° E: paleocoordinates 18.5° S, 22.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Lubur Sandstone Formation, Early/Lower Cretaceous (145.0 - 100.5 Ma)

• = "Turkana Grits"

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by J. Harris, D. Russell, A, Karanja & J. Musa in 1985

Collection methods: surface (float),

• includes one ?ornithopod caudal centrum photographed by not collected by Ron Day during the 1985 Amoco Kenya expedition

Primary reference: J. M. Harris and D. A. Russell. 1986. Preliminary notes on the occurrence of dinosaurs in the Turkana Grits of northern Kenya. 1-11 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 135809: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 09.11.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Dinosauria -
Dinosauria indet.
Dinosauria indet. dinosaur
Nos. 2-3, 5-8, 13, 41, 58-59, 66, 74
 Ornithischia -
Ornithischia indet., ? Ornithopoda indet.
Ornithischia indet. ornithischian
Nos. 15, 17, 29, 49. 12 (KNM WT)
? Ornithopoda indet. ornithopod
1 uncat.; no. 19
 Theropoda -
Theropoda "indet. A", Theropoda "indet. B", Theropoda indet.
Theropoda "indet. A" theropod
maxilla, KNM WT 14559
Theropoda "indet. B" theropod
tibia, no. 51
Theropoda indet. theropod
Nos. 23, 33, 40, 43, 50, 56, 63, 70, 72
 Theropoda - Spinosauridae
cf. Spinosaurus sp.
cf. Spinosaurus sp. Stromer 1915 tetanuran theropod
left dentary, no. 18
 Saurischia -
Sauropoda indet., cf. Titanosaurus sp.
Sauropoda indet. sauropod
Nos. 10, 14, 16, 20, 22, 30, 36, 42, 44A, 45-47, 52-54, 57, 62, 64-65, 67, 75, 77
cf. Titanosaurus sp. Lydekker 1877 sauropod
Nos. 4a, b, 11, 21, 24, 26-28, 32, 34, 44, 48, 60, 68-69, 71, 73, 76
 Saurischia - Titanosauridae
Titanosauridae indet.
Titanosauridae indet. Lydekker 1885 titanosaurid
Nos. 1, 9