Tendaguru quarry T (Jurassic of Tanzania)

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)

• formerly Upper Saurian Bed

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; gray, green, red, sandy marl

• "greenish-grey and reddish sandy marls"

Size class: mesofossils

Collected by W. Janensch in 1909-1910

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 47157: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 16.02.2005, edited by Richard Butler

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda -
Theropoda "indet. B" theropod
tooth type
 Saurischia -
Sauropoda indet.2 Marsh 1878 sauropod
T 14
 Saurischia - Brachiosauridae
"Brachiosaurus brancai" = Giraffatitan brancai1
"Brachiosaurus brancai" = Giraffatitan brancai1 Janensch 1914 brachiosaurid
T 2, 8
 Pterosauria -