Tendaguru quarry No (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: macrofossils

Collected by W. Janensch, L. Tatu in 1910

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: W. Janensch. 1914. Bericht über den Verlauf der Tendaguru-Expedition. Archiv für Biontologie [Report on the progress of the Tendaguru Expedition] 3(1):1-58 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taphonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 48359: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 17.03.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Saurischia -
Sauropoda indet.2 Marsh 1878 sauropod
no 1
 Saurischia - Brachiosauridae
"Brachiosaurus brancai" = Giraffatitan brancai1
"Brachiosaurus brancai" = Giraffatitan brancai1 Janensch 1914 brachiosaurid