TZ-07, Rukwa Valley: Cenomanian - Campanian, Tanzania
collected by Michigan State Univ. 2002

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Dipnoi - Ceratodontidae
Dipnoi indet. Müller 1884
Gottfried et al. 2004 20 elements
    = Ceratodontidae indet. Gill 1872
O'Connor et al. 2006
Mammalia - Sudamericidae
? Sudamericidae indet. Scillato-Yané and Pascual 1984
1 specimen
NMT 02067
    = Galulatherium jenkinsi n. gen., n. sp. O'Connor et al. 2019
O'Connor et al. 2019
RRBP 02067 - holotype
Reptilia - Testudines
Testudines indet. Batsch 1788
Reptilia
Crocodyliformes indet. Hay 1930
1 specimen
Reptilia - Theropoda
Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881
"non-avian theropods"
Reptilia
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Reptilia - Titanosauridae
Megaloolithidae indet. Zhao 1979
Gottfried et al. 2004
Reptilia
? Titanosauridae indet. Lydekker 1885
    = Lithostrotia indet. Wilson and Upchurch 2003
O'Connor et al. 2006
"two undesignated lithostrotian caudal vertebrae"
Shingopana songwensis n. gen., n. sp. Gorscak et al. 2017
Gorscak et al. 2017
RRBP 02100 - holotype
Actinopteri
Teleostei indet. Müller 1846
1 element
Osteoglossomorpha indet. Greenwood et al. 1966
O'Connor et al. 2006
unclassified
Cubiculum sp. Roberts et al. 2007
Gorscak et al. 2017
either C. ornatus or C. inornatus
see common names

Geography
Country:Tanzania State/province:Mbeya
Coordinates: 8.9° South, 33.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:26.9° South, 23.6° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Key time interval:Cenomanian - Campanian
Age range of interval:100.50000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Red Sandstone Formation:Galula Member:Namba
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: 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)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:lenticular,tabular,current ripples,"cross stratification",planar lamination,red sandstone
Secondary lithology:lenticular,red mudstone
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "red-pink sandstone, with trough and tabular cross-stratification as well as planar stratification, along with minor dark red mudstone lenses"
Environment:fluvial indet. Tectonic setting:rift
Geology comments: "axial, northwest-trending braided fluvial systems, consistent with sediment accumulation in a half-graben rift valley setting"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:dispersed
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Articulated whole bodies:none
Associated major elements:some
Disassociated major elements:many
Disassociated minor elements:many
Fragmentation:frequent
Temporal resolution:time-averaged
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (float),surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:Michigan State Univ. Collection dates:2002
Metadata
Also known as:RRBP TZ-07
Database number:46888
Authorizer:M. Carrano, P. Mannion Enterer:M. Carrano, P. Mannion
Modifier:G. Varnham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-01-25 08:49:11 Last modified:2022-01-31 07:03:04
Access level:the public Released:2005-01-25 08:49:11
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

12458.ETE 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]

Secondary references:

63147 E. Gorscak, P. M. O'Connor, E. M. Roberts and N. J. Stevens. 2017. The second titanosaurian (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the middle Cretaceous Galula Formation, southwestern Tanzania, with remarks on African titanosaurian diversity. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 37(4):e1343250:1-22 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/M. Carrano]
23424ETE M. D. Gottfried, D. W. Krause, P. M. O'Connor, E. M. Roberts, and Y. Tulu. 2003. A gondwanatherian? mammal from the Cretaceous of Tanzania. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23(3, suppl.):56A [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
12461ETE M. D. Gottfried, P. M. O'Connor, F. D. Jackson, E. M. Roberts, and R. Chami. 2004. Dinosaur eggshell from the Red Sandstone Group of Tanzania. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24(2):494-497 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
17230ETE P. M. O'Connor, M. D. Gottfried, N. J. Stevens, E. M. Roberts, S. Ngasala, S. Kapilima, and R. Chami. 2006. A new vertebrate fauna from the Cretaceous Red Sandstone Group, Rukwa Rift Basin, southwestern Tanzania. Journal of African Earth Sciences 44:277-288 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
68146 P. M. O'Connor, D. W. Krause, N. J. Stevens, J. R. Groenke, R. D. E. MacPhee, D. C. Kalthoff, and E. M. Roberts. 2019. A new mammal from the Turonian–Campanian (Upper Cretaceous) Galula Formation, southwestern Tanzania. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 64(1):65-84 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
79419 S. J. Widlansky, W. C. Clyde, P. M. O'Connor, E. M. Roberts, and N. J. Stevens. 2017. Paleomagnetism of the Cretaceous Galula Formation and implications for vertebrate evolution. Journal of African Earth Sciences 139:403-420 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham/G. Varnham]