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)
• may also include Upper Transitional Sands; formerly Upper Saurian Bed
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; gray, green, red, sandy marl and sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by W. Janensch, S. Kawinga in 1909
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
Primary reference: W. Janensch. 1961. Die Gliedmaszen und Gliedmaszengürtel der Sauropoden der Tendaguru-Schichten [The limbs and limb girdles of the sauropods of the Tendaguru Beds]. Palaeontographica, Supplement VII (1) 3(4):177-235 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taphonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 48377: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 17.03.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Sauropoda indet. sauropod | |
"Brachiosaurus brancai" = Giraffatitan brancai
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