Tendaguru quarry VI (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)

• member assignment questionable (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

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 97543: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 06.08.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Saurischia -
Sauropoda indet.
Sauropoda indet. Marsh 1878 sauropod
MB.R.2616 [= VI 2]
Actinopteri
 Lepisosteiformes -
Lepidotes sp.
Lepidotes sp. Agassiz 1832 gar
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