Tendaguru quarry M (Jurassic of Tanzania)

Also known as Kitukituki

Where: Lindi, Tanzania (9.7° S, 39.2° E: paleocoordinates 29.9° S, 17.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• 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; gray, green, red, sandy marl

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by W. Janensch, Nyororo in 1909

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: W. Janensch. 1914. Bericht über den Verlauf der Tendaguru-Expedition. Archiv für Biontologie [Report on the progress of the Tendaguru Expedition] 3(1):1-58 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 47183: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 16.02.2005

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Saurischia - Dicraeosauridae
Dicraeosaurus sattleri n. sp.2 Janensch 1914 dicraeosaurid
Actinopteri
 Semionotiformes - Callipurbeckiidae
"Lepidotes tendagurensis" = Callipurbeckia tendaguruensis1
"Lepidotes tendagurensis" = Callipurbeckia tendaguruensis1 Arratia and Schultze 1999
MB.f.7042-7050, MB.Hi.1-2