Also known as Dwanika
Where: Lindi, Tanzania (9.7° S, 39.2° E: paleocoordinates 29.9° S, 17.0° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Upper Dinosaur Member (Tendaguru Formation), Tithonian (152.1 - 145.0 Ma)
• several samples through single bed
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-deltaic; fine-grained, intraclastic sandstone and fine-grained sandstone
Size class: mesofossils
Collected by German-Tanzanian Tendaguru Expedition in 2000
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 136580: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 30.11.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri | |
Lepidotes sp. Agassiz 1832 gar |