Tendaguru quarry St: Late Kimmeridgian, Tanzania
collected by H. Reck, E. Hennig, W. Cutler 1909-1912, 1927

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Remes 2009 1 specimen
HMN.MB.R.2623 (St 61)
Remes 2009 1 specimen
HMN.MB.R.2716 (= St 243)
Janensch 1961 3 specimens
St 234, 307, 905
Janensch 1961 1 specimen
St 53
Reptilia - Brachiosauridae
Janensch 1935 5 specimens
St 134, 148-150, 291
Reptilia - Theropoda
Janensch 1925 1 specimen
tooth
Reptilia
Janensch 1925 1 specimen
tibia
Rauhut 2005
Janensch 1925
teeth
Janensch 1925
teeth
Janensch 1925 4 specimens
large; MB.R.3628 (St 233), R ilium
Rauhut 2011
Carrano et al. 2012
Reptilia - Carcharodontosauridae
Janensch 1925 2 specimens
MB.R.2166 (St 757)
Rauhut 2011
Rauhut 2011 2 specimens
MB.R.1938 (St 270), middle caudal vertebra
Reptilia - Ceratosauridae
Janensch 1925 1 specimen
tooth type b
Buffetaut 2008
Reptilia
Janensch 1920
tooth type e
Madsen and Welles 2000
Janensch 1925 1 specimen
tibia
Rauhut 2005
844 specimens
    = Kentrosaurus aethiopicus n. gen., n. sp. Hennig 1915
Hennig 1915
St 90, 106, 129, 133, 218, 285, 335, 345, 439, 446, 461-3, 500, 546, 555, 557, 694-5, 758, 773, 856
see common names

Geography
Country:Tanzania State/province:Lindi
Coordinates: 9.7° South, 39.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.9° South, 31.3° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Jurassic Epoch: Late Jurassic
Stage: Kimmeridgian 10 m.y. bin: Jurassic 5
Key time interval: Late Kimmeridgian
Age range of interval: 152.21 - 149.2 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
Lithology description: "greenish-grey and reddish sandy marls"
Environment:estuary/bay
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Lagerst�tten type:concentrate
Degree of concentration:concentrated
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Abundance in sediment:abundant
Disassociated major elements:some
Disassociated minor elements:some
Fragmentation:occasional
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:H. Reck, E. Hennig, W. Cutler Collection dates:1909-1912, 1927
Collection method comments: includes 1912 collection by H. Reck (often listed under EH but same quarry); quarry reopened by British Museum in 1927
Metadata
Also known as:Stegosaur quarry, quarry EH, Kindope, British Expedition
Database number:47151
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:taphonomy,vertebrate
Created:2005-02-16 06:04:22 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2005-02-16 06:04:22
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
62677. H. Reck. 1911. Bericht über die Ausgrabungen und Ergebnisse der Tendaguru-Expedition [Report on the excavations and results of the Tendaguru Expedition]. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1911(8):385-397 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

65427 R. T. Bakker. 1996. The real Jurassic park: dinosaurs and habitats at Como Bluff, Wyoming. In M. Morales (ed.), The Continental Jurassic. Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin 60:35-49 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
28409ETE E. Buffetaut. 2008. Spinosaurid teeth from the Late Jurassic of Tendaguru, Tanzania, with remarks on the evolutionary and biogeographical history of the Spinosauridae. In: J.-M. Mazin, J. Pouech, P. Hantzpergue & V. Lacombe (eds.), Mid-Mesozoic Life and Environments, Cognac, France. Documents des Laboratoires de Géologie de Lyon 164:26-28 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
41617 M. T. Carrano, R. B. J. Benson, and S. D. Sampson. 2012. The phylogeny of Tetanurae (Dinosauria: Theropoda). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 10(2):211-300 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
25617ETE P. M. Galton. 1982. The postcranial anatomy of stegosaurian dinosaur Kentrosaurus from the Upper Jurassic of Tanzania, East Africa. Geologica et Palaeontologica 15:139-160 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
12800ETE P. M. Galton. 1988. Skull bones and endocranial casts of stegosaurian dinosaur Kentrosaurus Hennig, 1915 from Upper Jurassic of Tanzania, East Africa. Geologica et Palaeontologica 22:123-143 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
52137 E. Hennig. 1912. Die Deutsche Tendaguru-Expedition [The German Tendaguru expedition]. Umschau 16:413-418 [M. Carrano/A. Murch]
12611ETE E. Hennig. 1915. Kentrosaurus aethiopicus der Stegosauride des Tendaguru [Kentrosaurus aethiopicus the stegosaurid from Tendaguru]. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1915:219-247 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
14533ETE E. Hennig. 1916. Zweite Mitteilung über den Stegosauriden vom Tendaguru [Second report on the stegosaurids of Tendaguru]. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1916(6):175-182 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
52138 E. Hennig. 1916. Ein neuer Stegosaurier aus Deutsch-Ostafrikas [A new stegosaur from German East Africa]. Naturwissenschaftliche Wochenschrift, Neue Folge 15(4):53-56 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
54027 E. Hennig. 1925. Ein drache aus Deutsch-Ostafrika [A dragon from German East Africa]. Die Umschau 29:108-110 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
12607ETE E. Hennig. 1925. Kentrurosaurus aethiopicus. Die Stegosaurier-Funde vom Tendaguru, Deutsch-Ostafrika [Kentrurosaurus aethiopicus. The stegosaur discovery from Tendaguru, German East Africa]. Palaeontographica, Supplement VII (1) 1(2):101-254 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
12561 W. Janensch. 1920. Ueber Elaphrosaurus bambergi und die Megalosaurier aus den Tendaguru-Schichten Deutsch-Ostafrikas [On Elaphrosaurus bambergi and the megalosaurs of the Tendaguru Formation of German East Africa]. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1920:225-235 [A. Behrensmeyer/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
12581ETE W. Janensch. 1925. Ein aufgestelltes skelett des stegosauriers Kentrurosaurus aethiopicus E. Hennig aus den Tendaguru-Schichten Deutsch-Ostafrikas [A mounted skeleton of the stegosaurian Kentrurosaurus aethiopicus E. Hennig from the Tendaguru Formation of German East Africa]. Palaeontographica, Supplement VII (1) 1(2):255-276 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
12560ETE W. Janensch. 1925. Die Coelurosaurier und Theropoden der Tendaguru-Schichten Deutsch-Ostafrikas [The coelurosaurs and theropods of the Tendaguru Formation of German East Africa]. Palaeontographica, Supplement VII (1) 1(1):1-100 [A. Behrensmeyer/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
12602ETE W. Janensch. 1929. Magensteine bei Sauropoden der Tendaguru-schichten [Sauropod gastroliths from the Tendaguru Beds]. Palaeontographica, Supplement VII (1) 2(1):137-143 [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]
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]
13300ETE J. H. Madsen Jr. and S. P. Welles. 2000. Ceratosaurus (Dinosauria, Theropoda): a revised osteology. Utah Geological Survey, Miscellaneous Publications 00-2:1-80 [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]
78589 H. Mallison. 2011. The real lectotype of Kentrosaurus aethiopicus Hennig, 1915. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen 259(2):197-206 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
38700 J. Parkinson. 1928. The dinosaurs of Tendguru. Natural History Magazine 1(8):275-286 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
13386ETE J. Parkinson. 1930. The Dinosaur in East Africa 1-192 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
12889ETE O. W. M. Rauhut. 2005. Post-cranial remains of 'coelurosaurs' (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Late Jurassic of Tanzania. Geological Magazine 142(1):97-107 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
70690 O. W. M. Rauhut. 2011. Theropod dinosaurs from the Late Jurassic of Tendaguru (Tanzania). Special Papers in Palaeontology 86:195-239 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
31862ETE K. Remes. 2009. Taxonomy of Late Jurassic diplodocid sauropods from Tendaguru (Tanzania). Fossil Record 12(1):23-46 [M. Carrano/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]