Tin 7b, Tendaguru (Jurassic to of Tanzania)

Also known as Tingutinguti

Where: Lindi, Tanzania (9.7° S, 39.2° E: paleocoordinates 29.7° S, 16.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Dinosaur Member (Tendaguru Formation), Late/Upper Kimmeridgian to Late/Upper Kimmeridgian (155.7 - 145.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: "channel"; massive, sandy siltstone

• "tidal channel"
• "massive sandy siltstone"

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: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 136585: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 30.11.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Teleostei -
Teleostei indet.
vertebra, 'pholidophorid'-like scale
 Lepisosteiformes -
Lepidotes sp. Agassiz 1832 gar
scales, teeth