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
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Dipnoi indet.
Müller 1884
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Gottfried et al. 2004 | 20 elements | ||||||||
= Ceratodontidae indet.
Gill 1872
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O'Connor et al. 2006 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Sudamericidae
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? Sudamericidae indet.
Scillato-Yané and Pascual 1984
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1 specimen | |||||||||
NMT 02067 | ||||||||||
= Galulatherium jenkinsi n. gen., n. sp.
O'Connor et al. 2019
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O'Connor et al. 2019 | |||||||||
RRBP 02067 - holotype | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
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Testudines indet.
Batsch 1788
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Reptilia
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Crocodyliformes indet.
Hay 1930
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Theropoda
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Theropoda indet.
Marsh 1881
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"non-avian theropods" | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Aves indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Titanosauridae
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Megaloolithidae indet.
Zhao 1979
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Gottfried et al. 2004 | |||||||||
Reptilia
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? Titanosauridae indet.
Lydekker 1885
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= Lithostrotia indet.
Wilson and Upchurch 2003
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O'Connor et al. 2006 | |||||||||
"two undesignated lithostrotian caudal vertebrae" | ||||||||||
Shingopana songwensis n. gen., n. sp.
Gorscak et al. 2017
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Gorscak et al. 2017 | |||||||||
RRBP 02100 - holotype | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
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Teleostei indet.
Müller 1846
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1 element | |||||||||
Osteoglossomorpha indet.
Greenwood et al. 1966
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O'Connor et al. 2006 | |||||||||
unclassified
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Cubiculum sp.
Roberts et al. 2007
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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] | |
23424 | ETE | 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] |
12461 | ETE | 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] |
17230 | ETE | 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] |