Tendaguru quarry Y: Late/Upper Kimmeridgian, Tanzania
collected by W. Janensch, M. Saidi 1910

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Brachiosauridae
Brachiosaurus fraasi n. sp. Janensch 1914
1 individual
synonym of Giraffatitan brancai
NISP = 23; Y8, 12, 18, 25 (2 measurements)
see common names

Geography
Country:Tanzania State/province:Lindi
Coordinates: 9.7° South, 39.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:29.4° South, 16.7° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Late/Upper Jurassic
Stage:Kimmeridgian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 5
Key time interval:Late/Upper Kimmeridgian
Age range of interval:152.20000 - 149.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Tendaguru Member:Middle Dinosaur
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: formerly Middle Saurian Bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray,green,red sandy marl
Includes fossils?Y
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
Fragmentation:occasional
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection
Rock censused:2100 cm2 (area)
Reason for describing collection:taphonomic analysis
Collectors:W. Janensch, M. Saidi Collection dates:1910
Collection method comments: density = 1.1
Metadata
Database number:47148
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:taphonomy,vertebrate
Created:2005-02-15 14:38:40 Last modified:2017-05-23 16:34:15
Access level:the public Released:2005-02-15 14:38:40
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
36770.ETE W. Janensch. 1914. Übersicht über die Wirbeltierfauna der Tendaguru-Schichten [Overview of the vertebrate fauna of the Tendaguru beds]. Archiv für Biontologie 3:81-110 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

12562ETE 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]
12585ETE 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]
12582ETE W. Janensch. 1935. Die Schädel der Sauropoden Brachiosaurus, Barosaurus und Dicraeosaurus aus den Tendaguru-schichten Deutsch-Ostafrikas [The skulls of the sauropods Brachiosaurus, Barosaurus and Dicraeosaurus from the Tendaguru Beds of German East Africa]. Palaeontographica, Supplement VII (1) 2(1):145-298 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
12579ETE W. Janensch. 1950. Die Wirbelsäule von Brachiosaurus brancai [The vertebral column of Brachiosaurus brancai]. Palaeontographica, Supplement VII (1) 3(2):31-93 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
12603ETE 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]
13386ETE J. Parkinson. 1930. The Dinosaur in East Africa 1-192 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]