Tendaguru quarry E: Tithonian, Tanzania
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
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| Arratia et al. 2002 | 1 specimen | |||||||||
| scale | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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| 10 specimens | ||||||||||
| E19 | ||||||||||
| Janensch 1961 | 1 individual | |||||||||
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= Diplodocinae indet.
Janensch 1929
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Remes 2009 | |||||||||
| HMN.MB.R.2736 (E6), E16 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Brachiosauridae
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| Janensch 1961 | 1 individual | |||||||||
| 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: formerly Upper 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: | concentrated |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 47182 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | taphonomy,vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-02-16 12:21:55 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-02-16 12:21:55 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 12606. | ETE | W. Janensch. 1929. Die Wirbelsäule der Gattung Dicraeosaurus [The vertebral column of the type of Dicraeosaurus]. Palaeontographica, Supplement VII (1) 2(1):37-133 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 43685 | G. Arratia, J. Kriwet, and W.-D. Heinrich. 2002. Selachians and actinopterygians from the Upper Jurassic of Tendaguru, Tanzania. Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, Geowissenschaften Reihe 5:207-230 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 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] |
| 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] |
| 31862 | ETE | K. Remes. 2009. Taxonomy of Late Jurassic diplodocid sauropods from Tendaguru (Tanzania). Fossil Record 12(1):23-46 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |