Tendaguru quarry XVII (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)

• 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

• "greenish-grey and reddish sandy marls"

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by W. Janensch, M. Keranje in 1910

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: K. Remes. 2009. Taxonomy of Late Jurassic diplodocid sauropods from Tendaguru (Tanzania). Fossil Record 12(1):23-46 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taphonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 97539: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 06.08.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Saurischia -
Sauropoda indet. Marsh 1878 sauropod
MB.R.2637 [= XVII 5]