Also known as Pterosaur Quarry
Where: Lindi, Tanzania (9.7° S, 39.2° E: paleocoordinates 29.9° S, 17.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Upper Dinosaur Member (Tendaguru Formation), Tithonian (152.1 - 145.0 Ma)
• formerly Upper Saurian Bed
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; poorly lithified, fine-grained sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by W. Janensch, H. Reck in 1911-1912
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
Primary reference: H. Reck. 1911. Bericht über die Ausgrabungen und Ergebnisse der Tendaguru-Expedition [Report on the excavations and results of the Tendaguru Expedition]. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1911(8):385-397 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 47160: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 16.02.2005, edited by Richard Butler
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Barosaurus africanus" = Tornieria africana2
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