Tendaguru Formation

Geology

Members: unnamed (8), Indotrigonia africana (2), Lower Dinosaur (4), Middle Dinosaur (30), Upper Dinosaur (92)

Lithologies: not reported (27), claystone (9), siltstone (13), sandstone (27), marl (71), "reef rocks" (1)

Paleoenvironments: marine indet. (1), terrestrial indet. (8), shallow subtidal indet. (1), reef, buildup or bioherm (1), marginal marine indet. (12), estuary/bay (101), paralic indet. (1), channel lag (2), fine channel fill (2), "channel" (4), fluvial-deltaic indet. (2), lacustrine indet. (1)

Age range: base of the Oxfordian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 161.50000 to 145.06000 Ma
Collections

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Tanzania (35507)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Tanzania (Lindi) (48387 48388 136588)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Tanzania (34863 36282)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Tanzania (Lindi) (47146 47148 47149 47151 47153)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian152.21 - 145.06Tanzania (Lindi) (213406 213431)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Tithonian152.21 - 143.1Tanzania (Lindi) (47147 48352 48353 48354 48355 48356 48357 48368 48370 48371 48375 48378 48379 48380 48381 48382 48383 48384 73923 121258 136583 136584 136585 136586 136587 206059 206060)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Tanzania (35508 35574 166267)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Tanzania (Lindi) (47122 47123 47137 47138 47139 47140 47141 47142 47143 47144 47145 47152 47154 47155 47156 47157 47158 47159 47160 47161 47181 47182 47183 47184 47185 48342 48343 48344 48345 48346 48347 48348 48349 48350 48351 48358 48359 48360 48361 48362 48363 48364 48365 48367 48374 48376 48377 48385 48386 49820 49821 53683 58991 89996 92424 97536 97537 97538 97539 97540 97541 97542 97543 97544 97546 97547 97548 97549 121195 121237 121238 121239 121240 121241 121242 121243 121244 121245 121246 121247 121248 121249 121250 121252 121257 131075 136576 136577 136578 136579 136580 136581 175229)