Tendaguru quarry M 1: Tithonian, Tanzania
collected by W. Cutler & F. W. H. Migeod 1926, 1929
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
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| Migeod 1930 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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| Migeod 1927 | 2 individuals | |||||||||
| "of great size" | ||||||||||
| Migeod 1927 | 1 individual | |||||||||
| "small dinosaur" | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Tanzania | State/province: | Lindi |
| Coordinates: | 9.7° South, 39.2° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.8° South, 31.2° East (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Altitude: | 635 feet | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late Jurassic |
| Stage: | Tithonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Tithonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 149.2 - 143.1 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Tendaguru | Member: | Upper Dinosaur | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: 2 strata with bones; formerly Upper Saurian Bed | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | planar lamination,gray conglomeratic claystone |
| Secondary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "grey clay" with pebbles. "...a sandy stratum was met, which was below the stratum in which the large skeleton (M1, No. 2) lay. The bones found here were marked M1, No. 3. This stratum was very wet, and rested on a dark grey, nearly black, clay, also full of moisture, and which emitted a very bad smell when opened up after perhaps millions of years' burial." (Migeod 1928). "laminated grey grit on sand" (Migeod 1931) | |
| Environment: | estuary/bay |
| Geology comments: "a pool in the bed of a river which flowed only during part of the year" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Size sorting: | poor |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | BMNH | ||
| Collectors: | W. Cutler & F. W. H. Migeod | Collection dates: | 1926, 1929 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | British Expedition, Ditch 3X, Ditch III | ||
| Database number: | 121195 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-11-30 10:56:36 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-11-30 10:56:36 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 38687. | F. W. H. Migeod. 1927. British Museum East Africa Expedition. Progress in the year 1926. Natural History Magazine 1(2):34-43 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 38705 | G. Maier. 2003. African Dinosaurs Unearthed: The Tendaguru Expeditions. Indiana University Press, Bloomington 1-380 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 38722 | F. W. H. Migeod. 1927. The dinosaurs of Tendaguru. Nature 119(2991):320-322 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 57268 | F. W. H. Migeod. 1927. The dinosaurs of Tendaguru. Journal of the Royal African Society 26(104):323-340 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 38702 | F. W. H. Migeod. 1930. Report on the British Museum East Africa Expedition. Season 1929. Natural History Magazine 2(14):185-198 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 38703 | F. W. H. Migeod. 1931. British Museum East Africa Expedition. Account of the work done in 1930. Natural History Magazine 3(19):87-103 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |