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: channel lag; intraclastic, gray, green, red, sandy siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by E. Fraas, B. Sattler in 1907
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (float), surface (in situ), mechanical,
Primary reference: E. Fraas. 1908. Ostafrikanische Dinosaurier [East African dinosaurs]. Palaeontographica 55(61):105-144 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 47181: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 16.02.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Gigantosaurus africanus n. gen. n. sp." = Tornieria africana
"Gigantosaurus africanus n. gen. n. sp." = Tornieria africana Fraas 1908 diplodocine SMNS 12140 (A); HMN.MB.R.2672 (A1), A4
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