Tendaguru quarry IV: Tithonian, Tanzania
collected by W. Janensch, Godfrey 1909
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Actinopterygii
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| Arratia et al. 2002 | 1 specimen | |||||||||
| scale | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Pterosauria
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Pterodactylus arningi n. sp.
Reck 1931
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Reck 1931 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| MB.R.2843 (holotype), wing phalanx | ||||||||||
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= Pterosauria indet.
Kaup 1834
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Unwin and Heinrich 1999 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
| 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 |
| Secondary lithology: | planar lamination,fine sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "greenish-grey and reddish sandy marls"; "horizontal laminated, fine-grained sandstone" | |
| Environment: | "channel" |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Disassociated major elements: | all |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | W. Janensch, Godfrey | Collection dates: | 1909 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 48346 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, R. Butler | Enterer: | M. Carrano, R. Butler |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | taphonomy,vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-03-17 05:49:29 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-03-17 05:49:29 |
| 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] |
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] | |
| 38705 | G. Maier. 2003. African Dinosaurs Unearthed: The Tendaguru Expeditions. Indiana University Press, Bloomington 1-380 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 5695 | ETE 1451 | H. Reck. 1931. Die deutschostafrikanischen Flugsaurier [The German East African pterosaurs]. Centralblatt für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie, Abteilung B: Geologie und Paläontologie 7:321-336 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Carrano] |
| 30145 | D. M. Unwin and W. D. Heinrich. 1999. On a pterosaur jaw from the Upper Jurassic of Tendaguru (Tanzania). Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, Geowissenschaftliche Reihe 2:121-134 [R. Butler/R. Butler] |