Tendaguru quarry O: Tithonian, Tanzania
collected 1909
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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| 1 individual | ||||||||||
| NISP = 17; O 2 (MB.R.2638), 3 (MB.R.2634), 4, 5, 7; Skeleton O, "Selimanosaurus" (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
| 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: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| 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: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: fomerly Upper Saurian Bed | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray,green,red sandy marl |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "greenish-grey and reddish sandy marls" | |
| Environment: | estuary/bay |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | preferred |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Associated major elements: | all |
| Size sorting: | medium |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection |
| Rock censused: | 700 cm2 (area) |
| Reason for describing collection: | taphonomic analysis | Collection dates: | 1909 |
| Collection method comments: density = 2.43 | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 47138 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | taphonomy,vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-02-15 12:59:53 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-02-15 12:59:53 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 12585. | ETE | W. Janensch. 1929. Material und Formegehalt der Sauropoden in der Ausbeute der Tendaguru-Expedition, 1909-1912 [Material and figured content of sauropods in the yield of the Tendaguru Expedition, 1909-1912]. Palaeontographica, Supplement VII (1) 2(1):3-34 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 12562 | ETE | W.-D. Heinrich. 1999. The taphonomy of dinosaurs from the Upper Jurassic of Tendaguru (Tanzania) based on field sketches of the German Tendaguru Expedition (1909-1913). Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, Geowissenschaften Reihe 28:25-61 [A. Behrensmeyer/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 12600 | ETE | W. Janensch. 1936. Ein aufgestelltes Skelett von Dicraeosaurus hansemanni [A mounted skeleton of Dicraeosaurus hansemanni]. Palaeontographica, Supplement VII (1) 2(1):299-308 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 12603 | ETE | 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] |
| 38705 | G. Maier. 2003. African Dinosaurs Unearthed: The Tendaguru Expeditions. Indiana University Press, Bloomington 1-380 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 42524 | P. M. Sander. 1999. Life history of Tendaguru sauropods as inferred from long bone histology. Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, Geowissenschaften Reihe 2:103-112 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 85590 | D. Schwarz-Wings and N. Böhm. 2014. A morphometric approach to the specific separation of the humeri and femora of Dicraeosaurus from the Late Jurassic of Tendaguru,Tanzania. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 59(1):81-98 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |