Tendaguru Quarry Nr. 5: Tithonian, Tanzania
collected by Bornhardt, W. Janensch 1911
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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| 2 specimens | ||||||||||
| MfN MB.R.2093 (manus) | ||||||||||
| Mannion et al. 2019 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Tanzania | State/province: | Lindi |
| Coordinates: | 9.8° South, 39.3° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.9° South, 31.3° East (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late Jurassic |
| Stage: | 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: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Associated major elements: | all |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | MfN | ||
| Collectors: | Bornhardt, W. Janensch | Collection dates: | 1911 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 58991 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, P. Mannion | Enterer: | M. Carrano, P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-03-03 12:59:48 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-03-03 12:59:48 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 16740. | ETE | J. F. Bonaparte, W.-D. Heinrich, and R. Wild. 2000. Review of Janenschia Wild, with the description of a new sauropod from the Tendaguru beds of Tanzania and a discussion on the systematic value of procoelous caudal vertebrae in the Sauropoda. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 256(1-3):25-76 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 67806 | P. D. Mannion, P. Upchurch, D. Schwarz and O. Wings. 2019. Taxonomic affinities of the putative titanosaurs from the Late Jurassic Tendaguru Formation of Tanzania: phylogenetic and biogeographic implications for eusauropod dinosaur evolution. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 185(3):784-909 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |