Tendaguru quarry Ha: Tithonian, Tanzania
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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| 37 specimens | |||||||
| 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 |
| Lithology description: "greenish-grey and reddish sandy marls" | |
| Environment: | estuary/bay |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Associated major elements: | many |
| Disassociated major elements: | many |
| 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: | 48343 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | taphonomy,vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-03-17 05:45:34 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-03-17 05:45:34 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 12607. | ETE | 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] |