Dwa 5a, Tendaguru: Tithonian, Tanzania
collected by German-Tanzanian Tendaguru Expedition 2000
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Actinopterygii
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Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
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Chondrichthyes
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Engaibatis schultzei n. gen., n. sp.
Arratia et al. 2002
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| MB.f.7735–7737 | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Hybodontidae
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
| MB.f.7733 | ||||||||||
| 2 specimens | ||||||||||
| MB.f.7731, f.7732 | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Lonchidiidae
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
| MB.f.7734 | ||||||||||
| 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: | estimated from map | ||
| 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 |
| Local section: | Diwanika | Local bed: | 5a |
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | massive claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "massive claystone" | |
| Environment: | estuary/bay |
| Geology comments: "coastal sabkha or tidal flat?" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Disassociated major elements: | all |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Collectors: | German-Tanzanian Tendaguru Expedition | Collection dates: | 2000 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Dwanika | ||
| Database number: | 53683 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-09-13 15:16:53 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-09-13 15:16:53 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |