Tendaguru quarry TL (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)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: W. Janensch. 1920. Ueber Elaphrosaurus bambergi und die Megalosaurier aus den Tendaguru-Schichten Deutsch-Ostafrikas [On Elaphrosaurus bambergi and the megalosaurs of the Tendaguru Formation of German East Africa]. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1920:225-235 [A. Behrensmeyer/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 47159: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 16.02.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda -
Theropoda indet.3 Marsh 1881 theropod
MB.R.1940 (TL 45)
Theropoda indet.1 Marsh 1881 theropod
Tetanurae indet.3 Gauthier 1986 tetanuran theropod
MB.R.1936 (TL 43), 2163 (TL 44), TL 8
Tetanurae indet.3 Gauthier 1986 tetanuran theropod
caudals, MB.R.2165 (TL 46a, b)
 Theropoda - Carcharodontosauridae
? Carcharodontosauridae indet.3 Stromer 1931 allosauroid
MB.R.3622 (TL 30), 3623 (TL 16), 3624 (TL 42)
 Theropoda - Abelisauridae
? Abelisauridae indet.3 Bonaparte and Novas 1985 ceratosaur
MB.R.3621 (femur 68), 3626 (tibia 69)
 Saurischia -
 Saurischia - Brachiosauridae
"Brachiosaurus brancai" = Giraffatitan brancai2
"Brachiosaurus brancai" = Giraffatitan brancai2 Janensch 1914 brachiosaurid
TL 4