TZ-07, Rukwa Valley (Cretaceous to of Tanzania)

Also known as RRBP TZ-07

Where: Mbeya, Tanzania (8.9° S, 33.2° E: paleocoordinates 26.9° S, 23.6° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Namba Member (Galula Formation), Cenomanian to Cenomanian (100.5 - 72.1 Ma)

• Upper portion of the Namba Member of the Galula Formation

•Originally thought to be Aptian-Cenomanian, but new dates indicate either Cenomanian-Santonian or Campanian (Widlansky et al. 2018)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; lenticular, tabular, red sandstone and lenticular, red mudstone

• "axial, northwest-trending braided fluvial systems, consistent with sediment accumulation in a half-graben rift valley setting"
• "red-pink sandstone, with trough and tabular cross-stratification as well as planar stratification, along with minor dark red mudstone lenses"

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Michigan State Univ. in 2002

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (float), surface (in situ), mechanical,

Primary reference: D. W. Krause, M. D. Gottfried, P. M. O'Connor and E. M. Roberts. 2003. A Cretaceous mammal from Tanzania. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 48(3):321-330 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 46888: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 25.01.2005, edited by Philip Mannion

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Saurischia - Titanosauridae
 Saurischia -
Lithostrotia indet.3 Wilson and Upchurch 2003 sauropod
Shingopana songwensis n. gen. n. sp.1 Gorscak et al. 2017 sauropod
RRBP 02100 - holotype
 Theropoda -
Theropoda indet. theropod
"non-avian theropods"
Aves
  -
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird
Reptilia
 Loricata -
Crocodyliformes indet. Hay 1930 crocodilian
 Testudines -
Testudines indet. Batsch 1788 turtle
Mammalia
 Allotheria - Sudamericidae
Galulatherium jenkinsi n. gen. n. sp.4
Galulatherium jenkinsi n. gen. n. sp.4 O'Connor et al. 2019 mammal
NMT 02067
Osteichthyes
 Dipnoi - Ceratodontidae
Ceratodontidae indet.3 Gill 1872 lungfish
Actinopteri
 Teleostei -
Cubiculum
  -
Cubiculum sp.1 Roberts et al. 2007
either C. ornatus or C. inornatus