Where: Lindi, Tanzania (9.7° S, 39.2° E: paleocoordinates 29.9° S, 17.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Upper Dinosaur Member (Tendaguru Formation), Tithonian (152.1 - 145.0 Ma)
• fomerly Upper Saurian Bed
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; gray, green, red, sandy marl
Size class: macrofossils
Collected in 1909
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
• density = 2.43
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 47138: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 15.02.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Dicraeosaurus sattleri Janensch 1914 dicraeosaurid NISP = 17; O 2 (MB.R.2638), 3 (MB.R.2634), 4, 5, 7; Skeleton O, "Selimanosaurus"
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